Delicious Carrot Cake Squares These delicious cake squares are bound to be a picnic favourite, or, at only 5½ Syns per square, an afternoon tea delight! Serves: 12 Prep time: 10 Cook time: 30 Syns per serving: • Green: 5½ • Original: 5½ • Extra Easy: 5½ 110g low-fat spread suitable for baking 5 tbsp artificial sweetener 85g Silver Spoon Half Spoon Sugar 3 eggs A pinch of salt 1 level tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp ground cloves ½ tsp baking powder 170g wholemeal self-raising flour 2 carrots Juice and zest of 1 orange Low calorie cooking spray For the topping Zest of 1 orange 110g quark Artificial sweetener to taste 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°F/Gas 4. Beat the spread, sweetener and sugar until light and creamy. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the salt, cinnamon and cloves. 2. Sift in the baking powder and flour, and fold into the mixture. Grate the carrots and mix in along with the orange juice and zest. 3. Line a 20cm shallow baking tin with baking parchment and spray with low calorie cooking spray. Pour in the mixture and bake for 30 minutes. 4. Meanwhile, make the topping. Mix half of the orange zest with the quark. Add sweetener to taste. 5. Remove the carrot cake from the oven and allow to cool. Spread over the topping, cut into 12 squares and serve garnished with the remaining orange zest.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 06:20:11 +0000
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