Maple Carrot Sheet Cake

This delicious healthy maple carrot sheet cake is only 254 calories per serving. It’s sweet, moist and loaded with carrots, raisins, walnuts, pineapple and topped with a simple maple cream cheese and coconut frosting. The perfect Easter dessert!

For the cake:
1 cups white whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
3 eggs
1 ½ cup pure maple syrup, dark or amber
1 cup avocado oil or organic canola oil
2 tablespoons maple liquor or dark rum, optional
2 cups shredded carrots, from about 3 medium peeled carrots
8 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained through a fine mesh sieve
½ cup raisins
½ cup chopped walnuts

For the Frosting:
8 ounces whipped cream cheese
3 tablespoons (granulated) maple sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
2 tablespoons toasted unsweetened coconut for garnish, optional

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