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The Best Carrot Cake

The Best Carrot Cake Recipe {GF, DF}

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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 1 1/4 cups coconut sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 cups Gluten-Free Flour, (Or almond Flour or GF Oat Flour)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups grated carrots

Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 8 oz. block cream cheese, (or df cream cheese)
  • 1/4 cup plain Skyr (or greek) yogurt, (or df plain yogurt)
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 8-inch round cake pans, one baking sheet, or muffin tins with coconut oil.
  • Whisk together the coconut oil, coconut sugar, and eggs in a large bowl. In another bowl sift together the dry ingredients: the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and stir to combine. Gently fold in the carrots with a spatula.
  • Divide the batter between the prepared pans or sheet pan and bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. About 25 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in the pans on a cooling rack. If using 2 8-inch pans, after cooling 10 minutes, run a knife around the edge and remove cakes to cool completely on the rack.
  • For the frosting: In a large bowl beat ingredients until smooth. Spread over cake when cooled.