It's always good to have some frosting in your fridge. It's the best way to take any basic cake to the next level
"I like cream cheese in just about anything". Diane Mott Davidson, Author
You will need
180g icing sugar
90g cream cheese
45g butter
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in the bowl. Mix 20sec/ Speed 6
Add your frosting once the cake has cooled down
The guilt-free cake that makes you think you're having healthy vegetables :D
"Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie". Jim Davis
You will need
Cream cheese icing
400g sliced carrots
250g walnuts
200g flour
180g muscovado sugar
150g EVOO
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 Himalaya salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 185°C
Place walnuts in the bowl. Mix 4sec/ Speed 9. Set aside
Place carrots in the bowl. Mix 4sec/ Speed 5. Set aside
Place eggs, sugar and EVOO in the bowl. Mix 5sec/ Speed 5
Add flour, vanilla, nutmeg, salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Mix 10sec/ Speed 5
Add carrots and walnuts. Mix 15sec/ Speed 2-Reverse mode
Pour into a buttered round tin. Bake for 75min. Let cool
Cover with cream cheese icing
Enjoy!
Going gluten free doesn't mean you'll miss culinary pleasures. But as it is hard to find GF pastry, the best way to enjoy it is to bake it. So here's an easy carrot cake recipe to try
"Carrot cake counts as a vegetable, doesn't it...?" Unknown
You will need
400g carrots
380g GF flour
300g pineapple
180g honey
150g walnuts
80g raisins
50g coconut oil
4 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp Himalaya salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 165°C
Place carrots, pineapple and dry ingredients into the bowl. Mix 15sec/ Speed 5
Add dry ingredients. Mix 5sec/ Speed 5
Pour into a round tin already covered with baking sheet. Cook for 40 to 60min
Let cool before serving
Enjoy!
PS: I don't add icing to the GF version, but if temptation is stronger than your will, try my regular recipe
