Simple to make, this cake is gluten and dairy free and packed full of flavour. A healthier version of your normal butter laden cake containing processed white flour, this cake contains more fibre as it’s using ground nuts and carrot as the base.
Looking for a toddler snack? Simply leave out the honey/maple syrup, or cut the quantity in half.
Gluten Free Carrot and Orange Spice Cake
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Serves: 10
Ingredients
- 2 cups of almond meal
- 1 1/2 cups grated carrot (skin included)
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup sunflower, coconut or olive oil (you can substitute with coconut oil if you wish but before you do, read my view on coconut oil here).
- 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup (optional)
- 2 tablespoons orange juice (optional)
- Grated rind of one orange (optional)
- 2 tsp baking powder (choose gluten free baking powder if coeliac or highly sensitive to gluten)
- 1 tbsp vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp chai powder OR 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon mixed with 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
- Grease and line a loaf pan
- Place ground nuts in a large bowl
- Grate the carrot and add to the bowl
- In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs lightly
- Add the oil to the eggs and whisk lightly to incorporate.
- Add the rest of the ingredients into the bowl containing the oil and eggs and mix to combine.
- Add this wet mixture to the dry bowl of nut flour and carrot mixture
- Stir with a wooden spoon to thoroughly combine.
- Pour mixture into a greased and lined loaf pan
- Optional: you may wish to sprinkle with crushed nuts or seeds such as pumpkin or sesame to decorate
- Bake for 30 minutes, until brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and leave in tin to cool.
Your recipes are great. As I have poor health. Food is my medicine. Going to make the Orange spice cake. I do Like sweet things. Thanks Judith
Thank you for following us Judith!
Made it this arvo, delicious absolutely loved it
Awesome, so pleased you like it Katie! It’s super easy isn’t it>!