Applesauce-Carrot Spice Cake

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Found this recipe in Looking Good Now Magazine. I made it today and it is good.

Applesauce-Carrot Spice Cake

Cake:
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 1/4 cups unsweetened applesauce
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups shredded carrots (approx. 4 medium)
2 eggs or 1/2 cup fat free egg product
1/3 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tsps. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup golden raisins

Frosting:
4 oz. reduced fat cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
3 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan (bundt pan) with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix oats, applesauce, brown sugar, carrots, eggs and oil with a spoon until well mixed. Stir in remaining cake ingredients just until moistened. Pour into pan. Bake 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Frosting:
In small bowl, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in milk and vanilla until well mixed. Spoon over cake.

Makes 32 servings

1 slice: 110 calories, 4 gm fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 130 mg sodium, 17 gm carbohydrates, 1 gm fiber, 2 gm protein