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January 18, 2012 Cakes

Gluten-Free Carrot Cake

Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
 
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Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
45 mins
Total time
1 hour 5 mins
 
This is moist and delicious, and is perfect with Mom's Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe below). I just put the carrots in our blender to grind them up, which makes nice, fine carrot pieces, but they can also be grated.
Author: Linnaea
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Cake
Serves: 1 2 layer 9-inch cake
Ingredients
  • 1 ½ cups cornstarch
  • 1 cup gluten-free oat flour
  • ½ cup rice flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup light olive oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups ground or grated carrots, peeled
  • 1 cup walnuts or pecans, optional
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease WELL two nine inch round cake pans for a two-layer cake, or a single eleven inch round cake pan. You can also use a 9 by 13 inch glass pan.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the cornstarch, oat flour, rice flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
  3. In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat the olive oil, eggs, and sugar until well blended. Stir in the flour mix and fold in the carrots and nuts.
  4. Cook for forty to forty-five minutes, see 'Cake and Cupcake Tips' in the 'tips' section for checking doneness.
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Mom’s Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

4 ounces, (½ a stick) cream cheese

¼  cup (½ a stick) butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, more or less

1/4 cup cream, half and half, or milk

In a double boiler (see tips), melt the butter and cream cheese, the butter until it is completely melted, the cream cheese until it is soft. Beat with electric mixer, then add vanilla extract and one cup of the powdered sugar. Beat, then add another cup. If the frosting is at about the right consistency and tastes sweet enough, then don’t add the remaining half a cup of powdered sugar. If you think it needs more, add the rest, and continue adding sugar until you think it is just right. Once frosting is at its perfection, you can add food coloring if you like. If you want chocolate frosting, add a tablespoon of cocoa. Spread onto your cake, cookie, or cupcake, with a knife or small rubber spatula.

 

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Categories: Cakes Tags: Carrot Cake, gluten-free cake, Gluten-Free Carrot Cake, Gluten-Free Frosted Cake

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