Carrot-Pineapple Upside-Down Cake


Ingredients

* 1/3  cup packed brown sugar
* 2  Tbsp. butter
* 1  Tbsp. water
* 6  to 8 1/4-inch-thick slices fresh pineapple, cored and halved
* 2  cups all-purpose flour
* 1  Tbsp. baking powder
* 1/2  tsp. salt
* 1/4  tsp. ground nutmeg
* 1/2  cup butter, softened
* 1  cup granulated sugar

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Carrot Nutrition Information And Facts

Carrot is one of my favorite juice ingredients.  It not only tastes good, it has so many health benefits and is highly cleansing.

I know many who are against juicing carrots because of its “high content of sugar”.  But even if you have diabetes, carrot juice is a good blood sugar regulator. Two or three large carrots daily would not cause any adverse effect (but diabetics should keep to just one carrot a day).
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Carrot and Cheese Souffles

Ingredients:

* 375 ml (1 1/2 cups) cooked carrots
* 60 ml (1/4 cup) carrot juice or chicken broth
* 45 ml (3 tablespoons) butter
* 45 ml (3 tablespoons) unbleached all-purpose flour
* 125 ml (1/2 cup) grated Swiss cheese
* 2 x eggs, separated
* 1 ml (1/4 teaspoon) cream of tartar
* 30 ml (2 tablespoons) honey
* 1 ml (1/4 teaspoon) cayenne, or more to taste Salt and pepper

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Frosted carrot cake

Ingredients

* 1 cup plain flour
* 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 2 tsps ground cinnamon
* 2 eggs
* 3 / 4 cup vegetable oil
* 3 / 4 cup caster sugar
* 1 1 / 2 cups coarsely grated carrots
* 1 / 2 cup sultanas
* Extra ground cinnamon and shredded orange rind, to decorate
* Cream cheese frosting:
* 75g cream cheese, at room temperature

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