Carrot Cake

Ingredients
1 tablespoon flour
2 1/4 cups flour
2 t baking powder
1 1/2 t ground cinnamon
1/2 t salt
1/4 t baking soda
1/4 t ground nutmeg
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup applesauce
1/3 cup veg. oil
1/4 cup plain fat free yogurt
2 1/2 t vanilla extract
2 large egg whites
1 large egg
2 cups finely chopped carrots

Frosting (can be made when cake is cooling):
1/2 cup block style fat free cream cheese
1/4 cup butter or stick margarine, softened
1 tsp grated lemon rind
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Cake:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Coat two 8-inch round cake pans with cooking spray and lightly dust with flour.
3. Lightly spoon 2 ¼ cups flour into measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour with next 5 ingredients stirring well with a whisk. Beat granulated sugar and next 7 ingredients at medium speed of a mixer. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
4. Pour batter into prepared pans. Sharply tap pans once on the counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes on racks. Then removes cakes from pans and continue cooling on racks.
5. Place 1 cake layer on a plate; frost. Add second layer and frost completely.

Frosting
Beat first four ingredients at medium speed of a mixer until smooth. Gradually add sugar to butter mixture; beat at low speed just until blended.

Adapted from Cooking Light
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