Ingredients:
2 cups white flour
2/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
3 cups carrots, coarsely chopped


How to make this recipe:
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.

In a separate small bowl, combine the applesauce, oil and eggs. Add to the flour mixture, stirring until the ingredients are well blended. Add the carrots and mix again.

Pour the batter into a greased 9" tube pan, or use a 9" x 13" rectangular cake pan, or two bread loaf pans, or a cupcake pan.

Bake the cake in a preheated 350 degree F oven for about 1 hour, 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part of hte cake comes out clean. Set the cake on a wire rack for five minutes.

Then, run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake, and turn the cake out onto the rack to cool.
Makes 16 servings.

- Public Health of Seattle & King County: Reprinted with permission.