Name: Spiced apple & carrot bites
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Cuts into 18
Ingredients: A little extra ground spice or dried apple slices, to decorate (optional); 2 tsp/10 ml maple syrup; 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup low-fat cream cheese; 1 dessert apple, cored and coarsely grated; 175 g/6 oz/2 medium carrots, peeled and coarsely grated; 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup light olive oil; 150 g/5 oz/generous ½ cup light muscovado (brown) sugar; 3 eggs; 2 tsp/10 ml ground mixed (apple pie) spice; 1 tsp/5 ml vanilla extract; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups self-raising (self-rising) wholemeal (whole-wheat) flour

Preparation info

Cuts into
18

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Energy Balls & Power Bites

By Sara Lewis

Published 2017

About

All the flavour of this favourite cake but made with grated apple in place of the usual large amounts of sugar. Topped here with low-fat cream cheese frosting flavoured with a little vanilla and maple syrup, but it is just as tasty served plain.

Ingredients

3 eggs
150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup light

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Cut a piece of baking parchment a little larger than an 18 x 28 x 4cm/7 x 11 x 1½in shallow baking tin or small roasting pan. Snip the paper into the corners then press the paper into the tin so that the base and sides are