Gluten Free Carrot Cake
A good carrot cake recipe is one of life's necessities, and this gluten free carrot cake recipe fits the bill: moist, full of flavor, and totally yummy.
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Servings: 2 round cakes or 9x13 sheet cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups grated carrots 4-5 medium
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup safflower sunflower or non-GMO canola oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups 270 gr gfJules™ Gluten Free All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice mix
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans optional
- 1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F static or 325º F convection.
- Line with parchment or lightly oil two 8-inch pans then dust with more gfJules™ Gluten Free All Purpose Flour (note: you may use one lightly oiled 13x9-inch pan or 12 jumbo cupcake tins instead.) If using round pans, it's nice to wrap in cake belts to ensure they bake flat; otherwise slice the crowns off the baked cakes with a bread knife once cooled, so that they are flat for stacking as a layer cake.
- Shred the carrots in a food processor then measure.
- Whisk together sugar, oil, applesauce and eggs in a large mixing bowl until slightly frothy.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients through spices. Slowly stir into large mixing bowl with liquids. Beat another minute once added. Fold in carrots until the batter is uniform, then stir in pecans and raisins, if using.
- Bake for 30 – 35 minutes for the round pans or jumbo cupcakes or 40 – 45 minutes for the sheet pan. Check for done-ness with a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake; it is done when the toothpick is clean or has only some dry crumbs attached.
- Remove to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then gently remove and cool on wire racks before frosting.
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Notes
Frost with this vegan cream cheese frosting recipe: hop to it here.
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.