Dessert: Carrot Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

You need about three large carrots to make this fabulous carrot cake. It's topped with a sweet, homemade lemon cream cheese frosting.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Nuts, Walnuts

Health and fertility benefits of Carrot Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Nuts are a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity. Walnuts are low on the glycemic index. What’s more, they also lower the glycemic index of other foods that you eat in conjunction with these nuts. Any kind of nuts provide a healthy source of fat and a great way to encourage PCOS weight loss.

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 1/3 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
1 c. vegetable oil
3 c. firmly packed, coarsely grated carrot
1 c. coarsely chopped walnuts
2 1/2 c. self-rising flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. pie spice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/325 degrees F fan-forced. Grease deep 9-inch round cake pan; line base with parchment paper.
Beat eggs, sugar, and oil in small bowl with electric mixer until thick and creamy. Transfer mixture to large bowl; stir in carrot and nuts then sifted dry ingredients. Pour mixture into pan.
Bake cake about 1 1/4 hours. Stand in pan 5 minutes; turn, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.
Meanwhile, make lemon cream cheese frosting: Beat butter, cream cheese and rind in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy; gradually beat in powdered sugar.
Spread cooled cake with frosting.

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