Carrot Cake Pound Cake

butter

🥗Healthier: applesauce

💰Cheaper: margarine

Applesauce reduces calories while keeping moisture.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pecans

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds provide crunch at a lower cost.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Agave syrup is often less expensive and sweeter.

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

Spray a 12-cup Nordic Ware baking pan with cooking spray.

In a bowl, mix brown sugar, vanilla extract, and vegetable oil together with room temperature eggs.

In a separate bowl, combine baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and flour.

Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mixing by hand to avoid overmixing.

Fold in the grated carrots and pecans (or walnuts).

Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth the top.

Bake for a little over an hour until done.

Prepare a cream cheese glaze with powdered sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.

Spread the glaze over the cooled cake and top with pecans.

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