When you come to a realization that Covid is here to stay for some time and you are living in sweats and not sure if your jeans fit anymore but you still have a sweet tooth you find a recipe that is healthy and tastes as good as a slice of carrot cake.

I used to make this long ago and forgot about it. I think it was from beyond the moon cookbook. I recently found a recipe from the King Arthur’s site. I have modified it slightly. This recipe calls for 1/4 cup orange juice. We don’t drink much juice at home so I bought a small carton of juice and froze the rest in an ice cube tray. 4 cubes is about 1/4 cup.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup raisins
• 2 cup whole wheat white flour or atta
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/2 tsp ginger powder or 1 tsp sweet turmeric blend (a blend of turmeric, ginger and cinnamon)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups peeled and grated carrots
• 1 1/2 cup peeled, cored and grated apples
• 1/2 shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup almonds
• 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1 tbsp powdered flax seeds
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

• Preheat oven to 375ºF (195ºC)
• Soak raisins in hot water
• Mix together, flour, sugar, spices and baking soda
• Stir in carrots, apples, coconuts and nuts
• Whisk oil, eggs, vanilla extract and orange juice
• Add to dry ingredients
• Drain raisins and add
• Grease muffin pans
• Fill pans with batter (My muffins pans are smaller so I got 18 muffins)
• Bake for 25 minutes or till cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean
• Let cool
• Warm slightly before eating; can also be eaten with butter or honey

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