Carrot cake
Ingredients
- 1½ cups self raising flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice (or cinnamon)
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup low fat plain yoghurt
- 1 medium orange – skinned and diced
- 2 cups finely grated carrot
- ½ cup walnuts* finely chopped
- 2 eggs
Method
- Preheat fan forced oven to 160°C or a conventional oven to 170°C
- Lightly spray a 27cm square baking tin with canola oil and line with grease proof paper
- Sift the flour, brown sugar and mixed spice or cinnamon to combine
- Combine the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl, mix together well and add to the sifted flour mixture
- Mix together gently until just combined, avoid over mixing
- Transfer to the baking tin and bake for 30 minutes or until golden.
Nutrition information panel
Nutrient | Per Serve | Per 100g |
Weight | 32g | 100g |
Energy | 316kJ | 988kJ |
Protein | 2.7g | 8.4g |
Total fat | 1.5g | 4.7g |
Saturated fat | 0.5g | 1.5g |
Carbohydrate | 12.3g | 38.7g |
Sugars | 5.4g | 17g |
Dietary Fibre | 0.9g | 3g |
Sodium | 88mg | 275mg |