Carrot cake with orange glaze
20 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| Oil for greasing pan | ||
| 3 | cups | Cake flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Applesauce |
| 2 | cups | Powderd sugar |
| 4 | tablespoons | Orange juice |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 3 | Egg whites | |
| 1 | Grated rind of 1 orange | |
| 1 | Juice of 1 orange | |
| 3 | cups | Carrots, peeled shredded |
| 1 | cup | Raisins |
| 1 | teaspoon | Lemon juice |
| 1 | teaspoon | Grated orange rind |
Directions
ORANGE GLAZE
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease bundt-style pan or 10" springform pan with center hole.
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt: set aside. Beat together applesauce, sugars, egg whites, orange rind and juce. Blend in flour mixture with mixer at medium speed only until smooth. Do not over beat. Stir in carrots and raisins. Pour batter into prepaed pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Remove cake from pan, or if using spring form, remove sides of pan and put cake on wire rack to cool completly.
****************************Orange Glaze******************************* Combine sugar, orange juice, lemon juice and orange rind; stir thoroughly to blend. Spoon glaze over cooled cake and serve. Submitted By ROBERT MILES On 05-13-95