Gluten-Free Carrot Cake (or Muffins)
By Sarah H on 07 January 2011 | Viewed 12226 times
This recipe is also low FODMAP, nut-free and dairy free. A flavoursome carrot cake for those who can’t eat or just don’t like the extra ingredients that most other carrot cake recipes have.
Ingredients
Cake:
2 cups gf flour mix*
1 tsp mixed spice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups grated carrot
*I make my own flour mix from 2 parts rice flour, 1 part corn flour and 1 part tapioca flour. I also add 1/2-1 tsp guar gum per cup of flour. Other flour mixes should be fine, just make sure they have guar or xanthan gum in them.
Icing:
250 g cream cheese, softened
3 Tsp butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tsp lemon juice
2 cups icing sugar
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 20 cm round baking tin
Sift flour, spices and soda together. Make sure they’re well mixed
Add all the remaining ingredients and stir until just combined
Cook for 55-60 min (Or if making muffins 20-25 min)
Once cool, ice with cream cheese icing:
Cream Cheese Icing
Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and lemon together until smooth
Add icing sugar and mix
Comments about this recipe / add yours
icing sugar is dairy free chelsea icing sugar is gluten free
Posted by DADVEALE on 10/07/11 at 08:39 PM
You can make a standard chocolate icing dairy free by substituting Olivani spread for the butter and it makes no difference to taste.
Posted by Andrea on 02/12/11 at 06:23 PM
Sorry - meant coffee icing, not chocolate. Must have chocolate on the brain!
Posted by Andrea on 02/12/11 at 08:07 PM
It is a bit expensive, but you can make great icing with coconut oil instead of butter. If nuts are in your diet nut butter and liquid sweetener of your choice makes a good icing as well.
Posted by Emily Hall on 08/12/11 at 12:01 PM
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Hi, keen to try some low fodmap recipes. Any suggestion on a dairy free icing to go with this? Thanks
Posted by Lynne on 25/05/11 at 11:23 AM