Archive | March, 2012

Good Ole’ Fashioned Carrot Cakes

28 Mar

Adapted to a healthy version…of course!

Now I can have my cake and eat it too, sans guilt!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Whole What Pastry Flour
  • 1 cup All-purpose Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 3 teaspoons Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons Sea Salt
  • 1 cup Nonfat Vanilla Greek Yogurt
  • ½ cups Milk Of Your Choice (I Used Fat Free)
  • ¾ cups Brown Sugar
  • ½ cups Sugar
  • 3  Eggs,beaten
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • 2 cups Grated Carrots
  • 1  Small Can Crushed Pineapple, Juice & All
  • ½ cups Chopped Nuts Of Your Choice (I Used Walnuts)
  • 2 cups Nonfat Vanilla Greek Yogurt
  • ¼ cups Maple Syrup
  • 1 cup Marshmallow Cream
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour muffin tins.

Sift together dry ingredients. Combine yogurt, milk, sugar eggs, and vanilla-mix well. Combine with dry ingredients. Blend well. Add grated carrots, pineapple, and walnuts

Pour into prepared muffin tins, filling 3/4 the way full. Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let Cool, then frost those little diddies and top with nuts.

Meanwhile, prepare yogurt Frosting.

Simple combine the last 4 ingredients and drizzle over the little pieces of heaven.