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| Cooking time: 45 minutes | Pan: 8' x 8' pan or a loaf pan | Preheat oven to 350° |
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Ingredients |
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| Butter or margarine | 1/2 cup | |
| Eggs, beaten | 2 | |
| yogurt | 1/3 cup | |
| milk | 2 oz. (I used buttermilk for both the milk and the yogurt) | |
| vanilla extract | 1 tsp. | |
| maple flavoring | 1/2 tsp. | |
| date sugar, agave nectar, or maple syrup | 2 tsp. (Agave nectar is low on the glycemic index. Date sugar or maple syrup might taste a bit better.) | |
| stevia extract | 1 tsp. (this is the kind in the bottle with the dropper) | |
| crushed pineapple (canned in juice, not syrup) |
6 oz. |
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| pineapple juice from can | 1/4 cup | |
| grated carrots | 2 cups | |
| unsweetened coconut | 1/2 cup | |
| chopped walnuts | 1/2 cup (or a bit more) walnuts or pecans | |
| w.w. pastry flour | 1 cup (can use 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unbleached flour) | |
| unbleached white flour | 1 cup | |
| soy flour | 2 Tbsp. | |
| baking powder | 2 tsp. | |
| baking soda | 1 tsp. | |
| cinnamon | 1 1/2 tsp. | |
| salt | 1/4 tsp. | |
| Procedure | ||
| 1. Oil and flour the pan. (Pam is good - less fat, and the cake doesn't stick at all.) | ||
| 2. Soak the coconut in the pineapple and juice. Set aside. | ||
| 3. Sift the dry ingredients well. (I like to mix the nuts in with the dry ingredients at this point.) | ||
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If you have
a food processor, blend all ingredients
OR follow steps 4 - 6. |
4. Soften and cream the butter or margarine in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the eggs, stevia, the sweetener (date sugar, maple syrup or agave nectar). | |
| 5. Thin the yogurt with the milk and add to the butter. | ||
| 6. Mix in the vanilla and maple flavoring. | ||
| 7. Stir in the nuts and the coconut, pineapple and carrots. | ||
| 8. Fold the sifted dry ingredients into the wet, stirring just until blended. Batter will be stiff. | ||
| 9. Spoon batter into cake pan and bake for 1 hour. Cool. | ||
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Cream Cheese
Topping
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| soft cream cheese | 8 oz. (I used 1/3 reduced fat type) | |
| milk | 2 tbsp. (I used rice milk) | |
| lemon juice | 1 1/2 tbsp. | |
| stevia extract | 1/4 tsp. or to taste | |
| honey, agave necter or maple syrup | 1 to 1 and a half tbsp. | |
| Procedure | ||
| If you have a food processor, blend all ingredients until creamy. Otherwise, follow steps 1-3. | 1. Soften the cream cheese with the milk. | |
| 2. Beat in the lemon juice, lemon peel, stevia and honey. | ||
| 3. Whip until thoroughly blended and creamy. | ||
| 4. Put the topping on top of the cake and spread it around, letting it drip down the sides. | ||
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Adapted by MJ from a carrot cake recipe the origins of which I no longer remember! |
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Takoma
Village Cohousing
6827 4th Street NW, Washington, DC 20012-1901 June 14, 2005 |
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