For this past Easter I decided to make a gluten free carrot cake. I adore a moist cake and carrot cakes never fail to provide a delicious end to any meal. My favorite carrot cake is full of coconut, pineapple, walnuts and cinnamon. I wanted to recreate that with a gluten free cake, so I of course opted to use King Arthur Gluten Free Flour. To me, this makes the best cakes. We have found that if we take very simple precautions our cake will stay moist and delicious for days, unlike most other cakes made with someone else’s flour blends.
Gluten Free Carrot Cake Recipe
Author: Matthew's Puzzle
Recipe type: Dessert
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Ingredients
- 3 cups King Arthur gluten free flour mix
- 1½ teaspoons xanthan gum
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1½ cups vegetable oil
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups grated peeled carrots
- 1 can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Butter two 8-inch round cake pans and cut parchment paper rounds to fit the bottom of pans.
- Butter the parchment rounds and set pans aside.
- In a separate bowl combine gluten-free flour mix, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- To the bowl of your mixer add sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla, and beat until creamy.
- Add ⅓ of the flour mixture, and combine.
- Repeat until all flour mixture has been combines and beat at medium-low speed for 1 minute.
- Fold in carrots, pineapple ,walnuts, and coconut with a spatula.
- Mixture will be very thick.
- Divide mixture evenly between the two cake pans.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
- Do not over bake as cake can become dry.
- Remove from oven when toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
- Allow cakes to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto cooling rack.
- Cool cakes completely before frosting with cream cheese frosting.
I LOVE carrot cake but haven’t had it in ages.
Stefani recently posted..Orientation Day At Monsters University + Tomorrow Schedule Of Classes – #MonstersUEvent
My son refuses to try carrot cake {even though he LOVES carrots} but I love carrot cake & totally need to make this!
Shell Feis recently posted..Day Out With Thomas 2013
Sounds awersome.
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I love carrot cake… gotta try this!
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My mom adores carrot cake but tries to remain on a gluten free diet so this is perfect for her!
Kelly @ Texas Type A Mom recently posted..Plan and Prepare for Relocation with Unpakt
Serious yum! Now I want carrot cake!
Kelly @ A Girl Worth Saving recently posted..Spring Clean Your Home Office
That looks sooooo delicious!
LyndaS recently posted..Foreign Food Friday
Yum! It always surprises me that I like carrot cake…I think it’s the cream cheese icing.
Krystyn @ Really, Are You Serious? recently posted..Old skool blogging style
That looks delicious but I’ve never been a fan of carrot cake.
Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy.com recently posted..Red Beans and Rice with Chicken Sausage
Now that is my kind of cake…yum!
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That does NOT look gluten free! Looks so tasty!
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This looks really good!
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WOW This cake looks scrumptious!!
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This looks so good.
This sounds really good. I am not a fan of carrot cake but everyone else in my family is!
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Yum looks great. I love carrot cake.
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I love carrot cake!
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That looks so yummy!
Carrot cake is my husband’s favorite!
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THe icing is my favorite part!
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That looks delicious!
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I am a huge carrot cake fan and so is my sister, since we’re all trying to eat as clean and GF as possible I have already pinned your recipe and can’t wait to try it out. What did you use to make the frosting?
Marcie W. recently posted..ProFlowers Brightens Up An Average Afternoon
Marcie, the frosting is a typical cream cheese frosting, it is not casein free. You could make a casein free butter cream instead.
I’m not much of a cake fan, but I like to have a slice of carrot cake once in a blue moon.
HilLesha @To the Motherhood recently posted..DIY Natural Cleaning Tips & Tricks from Vine.com
This looks yummy and such a bonus that it is gluten free!
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Looks great. Now I’m craving carrot cake 😀
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Yummy!
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This looks delish!
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Looks delicious, I love carrot cake.
I don’t do carrot cake but this looks delicious.
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Yum! I love carrot cake!
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I have some carrots in the fridge that need to be used before they turn into a science project.
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What does xantham gum replace? The gluten or yeast?
Rachel @ Following In My Shoes recently posted..My Little Oven Secret. #EOspringcleaning
Rachel, xantham gum replaces the gluten. It allows the product to have some elasticity. since the alternative flours have none.
Mmmm, I love a good carrot cake!
This sounds really good!!!
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I ADORE carrot cake!
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I really love carrot cake, I am totally going to try your version!
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looks very delicious!
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I almost got a slice of carrot cake when we went out to lunch today–seeing this is making me crave it all over again! 🙂
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I love carrot cake and this looks amazing!
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Yum, that looks amazing!!
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Yummy! Carrot cake is always so good, I need to make this as mini cupcakes for my little that has a gluten sensitivity!
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This looks so moist!
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Looks awesome!
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