Magic Carrot Cake

• 2 ¹⁄₄
  

  cups entire wheat flour
  

• 1 ¹⁄₂
  

  teaspoons baking powder
  

• 1
  

  teaspoon baking soda
  

• 1
  

  teaspoon cinnamon
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  teaspoon allspice
  

• ³⁄₄
  

  teaspoon sea salt
  

• 4
  

  oz. butter, softened
  

• 2
  

  teaspoons vanilla extract
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  cup chopped dried dates
  

• 1
  

  cup mashed bananas or 2 bananas
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  cup no-sugar-added applesauce
  

• 3
  

  cups grated carrots or 7 -8 medium carrots
  

• 3
  

  eggs
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  cup easy Greek yogurt
  

• 3
  

  tablespoons honey
  

• ³⁄₄
  

  cup chopped walnuts (no longer obligatory)
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  cup raisins (no longer obligatory)
  

• 16
  

  oz. cream cheese
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  cup butter, softened
  

• 2 ¹⁄₂
  

  cups powdered sugar
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  cup maple syrup
  

• 1
  

  teaspoon vanilla
  

instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 levels F (175 levels C) Butter a 9″x13″ pan then sprinkle with flour.
• In a tiny bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and sea salt. Spot apart.
• Set up dates into meals processor with 1 tsp water and process into a corpulent paste.
• In a trim bowl, mix the dates with melted butter and a pair of tsp vanilla. Add mashed bananas and grated carrots. Race in eggs one by one. Add yogurt and honey. Add raisins and walnuts if desired.
• Fold in flour mixture a Third at a time, combining honest till all dry ingredients are integrated.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes in preheated oven. Are attempting no longer to think too indispensable or take out early or the heart could per chance additionally merely fall.
• For Maple & Cream Cheese Frosting: Race collectively cream cheese, 1 tsp vanilla, maple syrup, softened butter, powdered sugar till fluffy and creamy.