Positively Delicious Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
Contributor Nick Oddo works as a Positive Life Health Coach, motivational speaker and energy therapist—and also happens to be an accomplished gluten-free baker. He shared his moist and delicious Gluten-Free Carrot Cake recipe: serve it simple and unadorned, or with a quick vanilla whipped cream frosting. Either way, the greatest ingredients in his cake are love and positive energy.
Nick Oddo is a Positive Life Health Coach, Motivational Speaker and Marriage Officiant. He is a fully accredited Life Coach certified through The Institute for Integrative Nutrition® and Teacher’s College, Columbia University. He is also a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. Learn more at Ten Studio Hill, Inc.
Images courtesy of Jules:StoneSoup.
Positively Delicious Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
SERVES
8PREP TIME
10 minCOOK TIME
40 minIngredients
3 cups blanched almond flour, plus more for pan
¼ cup grapeseed oil, plus more for pan
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ cup agave nectar
5 large eggs
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup raisins
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
2 cups heavy cream
2 tablespoons agave nectar or honey
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease 9-inch-diameter springform pan with grapeseed oil; dust well with almond flour.
In large bowl, combine almond flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and nutmeg. Set aside.
In medium bowl, whisk together grapeseed oil, agave nectar and eggs, then pour into almond flour mixture. Whisk together until thoroughly combined. Fold in carrots, raisins and walnuts.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, until tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for at least 1 hour.
Serve as is, or with whipped cream frosting:
In deep cold bowl, whip cream, agave or honey and vanilla extract until peaks form.
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