You can enjoy carrot cake on the Weight Watchers plan for varying numbers of points, depending on the recipe or product that you choose. Each food you eat has a point value that takes its fiber, carbohydrates, protein and fat into account under the Weight Watchers points system. Each time you eat a food you deduct the points from your allotted daily total. Always consult a doctor before starting a diet plan.
Premade Cake
The premade Weight Watchers Carrot Snack Cake will cost you one point. The cake has 80 calories, 25 of which come from fat. The fat content is 2.5 g. This cake also has 2 g fiber, 14 g carbohydrate and 1 g protein. However, be careful if you eat more than one in a sitting. The cakes are formulated with added fiber and a low amount of fat to be one point. If you eat two cakes you must deduct three points and if you eat three cakes you have to deduct five points.
Three Point Cake
You can make your own, three-point serving carrot cake, according to the Diets in Review website. This carrot cake version has 173 calories, about 18 of which are from fat. In all you consume 2 g fiber, 2 g fat, 4 g protein and 35 g carbs. The ingredients for this cake are six egg whites, 1 1/3 cup sugar, 1 cup applesauce, ½ cup skim milk, 1 ½ tsp. vanilla, ½ tsp. nutmeg, ¼ tsp. cloves, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 2 tsp. baking soda, 1 cup each whole wheat and all purpose flour, one 8 oz. can crushed pineapple including the juice, 2 cups shredded carrots, ½ cup raisins and ½ cup chopped walnuts. Cooked in a 9-by-13-inch pan, the cake yields 18 servings.
Weight Watchers Five Point Cake
If you follow the recipe on the Weight Watchers website, you will need to deduct five points per serving of carrot cake that you consume. This recipe consists of 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 ½ cups sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. salt, ½ cup dried apricot, 3 tbsp. hot water, two eggs, two egg whites, 2 ½ cups shredded carrots, ½ cup apple butter, 1/3 cup canola oil, 7 ½ oz. marshmallow crème, 1 tsp. vanilla and 12 oz. light cream cheese. Weight Watchers does not give calorie or nutrition information for this recipe on its website.
Weight Watchers Recipe Nutrition Information
While Weight Watchers does not give nutrition information for its five-point servings of carrot cake, a similar recipe in a Weight Watchers cookbook that also creates five-point servings of carrot cake does. The recipe featured in the "Simply Delicious Winning Points Cookbook" has 233 calories per serving, about 54 of which come from fat. The cake serving has 39 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein and 6 g fat.
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