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Gluten Free Carrot Cake


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  • Author: Living the Gourmet
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 1 cake 1x

Ingredients

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  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup corn oil
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups Almond Flour (I used Bob’s Redmill)
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. cloves
  • 3/4 tsp. kosher salt
  • 3 cups shredded carrots

For the Frosting:

  • 8 oz. cream cheese - softened
  • 4 tbs. unsalted butter - softened
  • Zest of 1/2 orange
  • 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp. salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat Oven 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine the sugars, oil, vanilla and eggs in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer.
  3. Stir in the dry ingredients and the carrots.
  4. Grease two 8 inch baking pans and divide the batter evenly into each pan.
  5. Bake 50 – 55 minutes. Let cool.

For the Frosting:

  1. Combine the cream cheese, butter, confectioners’ sugar, orange zest, vanilla and salt in a medium bowl, using an electric mixer; mix until smooth and creamy.
  2. Spread on the cooled cake.
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 50 minutes

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 10 pieces of cake
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