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A slice of carrot cake on a plate with a gold fork.
4.20 from 36 votes

Healthy Carrot Cake Recipe

Our healthy carrot cake is ultra moist and made with whole ingredients such as white whole wheat flour, maple syrup, warm spices, and Greek yogurt.
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 40 minutes
Total 1 hour
Fat 7
Carbs 52
Protein 11
Yield 9

Ingredients

Dry

Wet

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1/2 cup fat-free cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup or more to taste

Instructions

Healthy Carrot Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF and spray a 9x9-inch pan with coconut oil cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Next, peel and grate 2 to 3 large carrots. Place grated carrot on 2 pieces of paper towel and squeeze out as much of the moisture as possible. Save the juice and drink it! It's good for you :)
  • Measure out 2 cups of grated carrots and then place into a large bowl along with the rest of the dry ingredients and mix.
  • In a medium bowl, mix together wet ingredients minus the coconut oil.
  • Add wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix. Finally, add in melted coconut oil and mix again.
  • Transfer batter into a 9x9-inch pan and into the oven. Bake at 350ºF for 25-30 minutes.
  • Let carrot cake cool for at least an hour before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • While the carrot cake is cooling, make healthy cream cheese frosting. Place all ingredients into a medium bowl and mix until smooth.
  • Once the carrot cake is cool enough, frost, top with optional ground cinnamon and chopped pecans, slice, and enjoy!

Tips & Notes

  • This recipe was updated on April 7, 2020, as many people had problems with the cake being too dense. For the original recipe click HERE.
  • Nutrition information does not include optional toppings.

Nutrition Facts

Calories: 308kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 7g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 32g