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Gluten Free Carrot Cake

This cake is dense and full of flavour and each forkful gets better and better. Even by the next day the flavours have seeped through for a more spectacular bite. The coconut cream cheese just tops it off.

Ingredients
  

  • 195 g sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup olive oil

Homemade Flour Blend

  • 50 g white rice flour
  • 40 g oat flour
  • 40 g almond flour
  • 50 g tapioca flour
  • 20 g potato starch
  • 40 g sorghum flour or use 240g Anita's all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp eggnog spice (epicure) or nutmeg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 180 g stewed apple drain well
  • 300 g freshly grated carrots

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 40 g butter
  • 300 g icing sugar about 3 cups
  • 80 g fine shredded coconut
  • 60 ml (or less) hot water
  • 85 g cream cheese softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350 F (176 C).
  • Grease and dust white rice four on the bottom of a 13×9-inch (or slightly smaller pan)
  • In a large bowl, cream the eggs and sugar, then add the oil.
  • Sift all the dry ingredients and add these to the eggs, sugar and oil. Mix just enough to combine then stir in the grated carrots and apple.
  • Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 60 – 65 minutes.
  • Cool the cake and cover with the icing.

Icing

  • Soften the butter and cream cheese in a saucepan, stir in the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Stir in the coconut and 1-2 tablespoons of hot water if it needs thinning.
  • Spread over cake