Gluten-free carrot cake recipe
This cake is surprisingly delicious considering it is gluten free. Children can help juice the orange, which is what makes it so moist. Serve on its own or with Cream cheese frosting (below).
Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
50mins
Serves
8
Difficulty
Easy
- 150g unsalted butter, softened
- 100g caster sugar
- 300g carrots, coarsely grated
- 2 medium free-range eggs, lightly beaten
- 200g gluten-free self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
- Juice of 1 orange
- 50g walnuts, roughly chopped
- Cream cheese frosting, to serve (optional)
Cream cheese frosting ingredients - 100g cream cheese
- 100g mascarpone cheese
- 75g icing sugar, sifted
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Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Grease and line a 20cm round, loosebased cake tin with baking parchment.
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In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Stir in the grated carrot. Gradually stir in the eggs. Then gently fold in the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and orange juice. Stir in the walnuts and tip the mixture into the cake tin.
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Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
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Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 15 minutes and then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. This keeps in the fridge for a few days.
Cream cheese frosting method
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In a large bowl beat together the cream cheese mascarpone and icing sugar.
