Garrett's First Birthday Cake And Icing

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted dates
• 1 cup golden raisin
• 3 apples, peeled and grated
• 1 1/2 cups plain yogurt
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/8 cup wheat bran
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

Recipe

• 1 place dates, raisins, grated apple, yogurt, and oats into a large processor. process on high until everything is thoroughly blended: there should not be any distinguishable ingredient pieces.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 and grease your baking pans.
• 3 transfer fruit, yogurt, and oat mixture to a large mixing bowl and add remaining ingredients: flour, bran, baking powder, cardamom, and cinnamon. mix thoroughly.
• 4 pour into greased baking dishes and bake on 350 for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. keep in mind that the personal sized cake will take a shorter amount of time.
• 5 for the icing; in a medium bowl, combine pudding mix and milk. mix well and let stand until thickened.
• 6 in a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. add pudding and mix well.
• 7 finally, fold in the whipped topping.