GFCF Carrot Cake

November 22, 2016 Guest Submitted Post

I’ve researched & baked and still could not find a GFCF carrot cake that was any good. So I decided finally that I just need to create my own, so here it is: a moist & delicious way to get a little extra beta carotene into your children’s (and your own) diet. I decided to leave out icing because I wanted this to be a nice healthy snack cake that I wasn’t slathering a huge layer of sugar on (the recipe has plenty of sugar in it ;-D) Enjoy!

Bird’s GFCF Carrot Cake

(moist ingredients combine together)

1 cup finely shredded carrots

1/3 cup canola oil

1 cup sugar (feel free to use a sub)

2 Tb. Honey

2 tsp vanilla extract

3 eggs

(dry ingredients, whisk in separate bowl)

3/4 cup brown rice flour

1/2 cup almond flour

4 Tb. Tapioca starch

2 Tb. cornstarch

1/4 cup finely chopped pecans

3 Tb. flax meal

1 tsp. baking soda

2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. xanthan gum

1 tsp. cinammon

1/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

Slowly stir together wet ingredients with dry until combined well. Pour into 8×8 or 9×9 square baking dish or whatever you choose..Bake at 350 for approx 18-20 minutes..I covered it with foil part of the way through to prevent over browning..do not overbake! There you have it!