Ingredients

  • 34 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup egg white
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 3 cups carrots, finely grated (raw)
  • 12 cup pecans, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons flax seed meal
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 14 cup light margarine
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 pecan halves

Method

  • Preheat oven to 300F.
  • Cream together sugar & oil until fluffy.
  • Add eggs & beat well.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, & flax seed meal.
  • Add to creamed mixture.
  • Fold in grated carrots & pecans.
  • Pour into 8" or 9" cake pans & bake 1 hour.
  • Mix together all icing ingredients and set aside.
  • When cake is cooled, frost with icing, garnish by placing pecan halves in center of cake top in "Y" pattern.