Healthy Carrot Cake Recipe with Honey and Whole Wheat Flour | The Mediterranean Dish (2024)

Ingredients

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• ½ cup Private Reserve Greek extra virgin olive oil
• ½ cup Greek yogurt (reduced fat)
• ⅓ cup milk (2% reduced fat milk)
• ½ cup quality dark honey
• 3 eggs at room temperature
• 2 ¼ cup whole wheat flour
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground cardamom
• ¼ tsp ground ginger
• 2 cups finely grated carrots (you can use food processor to very finely chop instead)
• 6 Medjool dates, pitted and finely chopped (you can use food processor)
• ⅓ cup chopped walnuts
• powdered sugar for light dusting

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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the olive oil, geek yogurt, and milk. Add eggs one-by-one and whisk to combine.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and spices
4. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing with a wooden spoon.
5. Fold in the carrots. Mix to combine, then add the dates and walnuts. Again, mix with your wooden spoon until well combined.
6. Line a 9-inch square baking pan like this one with parchment paper (or coat well with olive oil). Pour the carrot cake batter into the pan.
7. Bake in 350 degrees F heated-oven for 1 hour (until a tooth pick inserted in middle of the cake comes out clean). Let cool completely. Sprinkle powdered sugar, if desired. Cut into 9 or 12 square pieces. Enjoy!

• Freezing instructionsIf you want to make this for a smaller crowd or as breakfast for yourself, you can easily freeze this cake. Once cooled completely, slice the cake into the number of pieces you need; cover and freeze in its baking tray (if it's freezer save) or transfer to a freezer safe tray. Let it freeze until solid (about 4 hours). Then remove, take out the pieces and wrap individually securely in plastic wrap and a final layer of aluminum foil. Thaw the pieces you need in the fridge overnight.
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