Name: Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 12, 12 servings
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 3 cups almond flour (plus additional for dusting pans); ¾ cup raw walnuts or pecans (plus additional for decorating the cake); 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; Pinch ground cloves; 5 large eggs; ¾ cup packed dark brown sugar; ⅓ cup pure maple syrup; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2 cups shredded carrots (about 4 medium or 10 ounces); ½ cup canola oil; ¾ cup shredded unsweetened coconut; ½ cup raisins; 8 ounces reduced fat cream cheese; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (at room temperature); 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; ⅛ teaspoon pure almond extract; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

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Gluten-Free Carrot Cake

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 12 · 2h total

Servings

Calories

29% of a 2,000 cal day

575KCAL

Protein

13g25% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat37g

47%

Saturated9g

44%

Unsaturated28g

—

Total Carbs54g

20%

Fiber5g

17%

Total Sugars45g

—

incl. Added Sugars37g

73%

Starch4g

—

Sodium447mg

19%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Dare I say this gluten-free carrot cake is even better than the original? Moist, spiced and slathered in cream cheese frosting, it's the best!

Ingredients

12 SERVINGS

3 cupsalmond flour
¾ cupraw walnuts — or raw pecans
1 tspbaking powder
½ tspbaking soda
1 tspkosher salt
1½ tspground cinnamon
1 tspground ginger
½ tspground nutmeg
ground cloves
5large eggs
¾ cupdark brown sugar — packed
⅓ cuppure maple syrup
2 tsppure vanilla extract
10 ozshredded carrots — 2 cup
½ cupcanola oil
¾ cupshredded unsweetened coconut
½ cupraisins
8 ozreduced fat cream cheese
2 tbspunsalted butter — room temperature
2–3 cupspowdered sugar
1 tsppure vanilla extract
⅛ tsppure almond extract
¼ tspkosher salt

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Method

2h total

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