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Wheat and Gluten Free Carrot Cake from Home Food

A sugar free, wheat free and gluten free carrot cake that's flavorful and deliciously moist. From the cookbook Home Food by Trish van der Nest.
Course: Desserts, Snacks
Dietary: Gluten Free, Refined Sugar Free, Vegetarian, Wheat Free
Servings: 1 23cm round cake

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 3/4 cup fructose or xylitol
  • 2 tablespoon coconut oil melted and cooled
  • 1 1/2 cup grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Icing

  • 125 grams cream cheese
  • 6 tablespoon crème fraiche
  • 1/4 cup fructose dissolved in a little hot water

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C and prepare a 23cm cake tin with baking paper and non-stick spray.
  • Place the flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, salt and cinnamon in a mixing bowl and mix.
  • Combine the rest of the ingredients and add them to the dry ingredients.
  • Add the batter to your prepared cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the tin for 30 minutes before removing and allowing it to cool completely on a wire cooling rack.
  • To make the icing combine the cream cheese and crème fraiche. Add in the dissolved fructose and mix. Once the cake is completely cooled decorate it with some icing as well as chopped nuts and crystalized ginger.

Notes

You can use xylitol in place of fructose.
If you want add in 75 grams chopped crystalized ginger to the batter before baking.