Healthy Carrot Cake Recipe | The Leaf Nutrisystem Blog

Ingredients

• Carrot Cake
• 1 ½ cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. nutmeg
• 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• 1 egg, room temperature
• ¼ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
• 1 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
• ½ cup maple syrup
• 2 Tbsp. unsweetened applesauce
• ¼ cup nonfat milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cup carrots, finely grated
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• Frosting
• 1 cup ricotta cheese, part skim
• 3 Tbsp. nonfat plain Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
• 1 tsp. stevia
• ¼ tsp. nutmeg