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Carrot Cake (but it’s a slice)

March 10, 2014 · 40 Comments

 

Carrot Cake - dairy free, gluten free, grain free, thermomix

 

I had a heap of organic baby carrots in my crisper, so I thought it would be a perfect time to make a carrot cake. Except it sort of turned into a slice! It’s so much easier to pack into lunch boxes when cake is cooked in a slice tin.

This recipe at the Paleo Mom inspired me to use tapioca flour with the coconut flour instead of just coconut flour like I usually do. I must say I do like the texture and mouth feel it gives. So if you are not keen on coconut flour, try it with the tapioca. Our co-op gets an organic tapioca flour from Organic Road.

I hope you love it.

 

Carrot Cake (but it’s a slice)

Vital Stats: Gluten Free, Grain Free, Dairy Free, Vegetarian, Thermomix

 

Okay, so this is what you need:

150g (1 cup) organic carrot

5 organic eggs

1/4 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup tapioca flour

1/2 cup coconut flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tspns organic cinnamon

1/4 cup maple syrup (or honey/rice malt syrup)

1/4 cup organic sultanas

1/4 cup organic walnuts (optional, leave out if you need nut free)

 

Okay, so this is how you do it:

Put the oven on medium – 180ºc.

Peel your carrots, roughly chop and whack into the thermomix.

Blitz on speed 5 for 4 seconds.

Scrape down and add in all the other ingredients except the sultanas and walnuts.

Whizz on speed 5 for five seconds. Scrape down. Add the sultanas and walnuts.

Mix on reverse, speed 4 for 5 seconds.

Whack it all into a baking paper lined slice tray.

Bung it in the oven 25-30 minutes or until cooked.

Cool on a wire rack and slice into squares to serve.

You might like to try some of these icing recipes or just spread with a nice smear of organic butter.

If you don’t have a thermomix: Grate the carrots, whisk the eggs and then mix all ingredients together gently in a large bowl.

HOT TIP: You may like to double the maple syrup. My kids thought it wasn’t sweet enough, but I thought it was!

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Comments

  1. Brenda Janschek says

    March 10, 2014 at 5:57 pm

    I have a recipe for apple and carrot muffins. I might give it a go with this gluten free version for a change, and sub the sultanas (which my kids don’t like) for the grated carrot. Can’t wait to try it.

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 10, 2014 at 6:40 pm

      I think they would make awesome muffins too! 🙂 Let me know how it goes!

      Reply
  2. Rebecca says

    March 10, 2014 at 6:30 pm

    This sounds perfect for the kids lunch box and nice and easy too:)

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 10, 2014 at 6:41 pm

      I love quick and easy!! Mix, whack into tin, bake !!

      Reply
  3. deb says

    March 11, 2014 at 7:16 am

    do you think this would freeze well?

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 11, 2014 at 11:13 am

      Yes!! I think it will freeze really well Deb 🙂

      Reply
      • Deb says

        March 11, 2014 at 12:30 pm

        Perfect. It’s in the oven now!

        Reply
        • Natural New Age Mum says

          March 11, 2014 at 1:43 pm

          Let me know if you like it Deb! 🙂

        • Deb says

          April 19, 2014 at 10:56 am

          It’s delish & so easy. My 23 mo loves it as well, making another batch today

        • Natural New Age Mum says

          April 19, 2014 at 5:10 pm

          Thanks Deb! xx

  4. Alexx says

    March 11, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    Funny… I like making ‘morph’ recipes too that can’t really be called one or the other… The cake slice is born and it sounds delicious x

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 11, 2014 at 4:50 pm

      I know… it’s like cupcake or muffin? whatever… I will eat them both! 😉

      Reply
  5. carmen says

    March 11, 2014 at 2:36 pm

    Hi when you say 1 cup carrot, do you mean 1cup grated? This looks amazing can’t wait to try it

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 11, 2014 at 4:49 pm

      Sorry Carmen, what I did was cut up the carrot roughly and pop it in a cup to measure in the thermomix. So, it was probably just less than 1 cup of grated but I think it could have easily taken a whole cup. I hope that doesn’t confuse you. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Anna says

    March 11, 2014 at 5:16 pm

    Just made it and its delicious. I added a handful of choc chips too but only 3 tbs of honey. My 3 yo is devouring it!

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 11, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      Oh that is a great idea.. thanks Anna!! 😀

      Reply
  7. Kirsten McCulloch says

    March 12, 2014 at 11:34 am

    Thanks for the tip on the tapioca flour Sonia. I haven’t loved the texture with coconut flour, so I am going to try that. And yeah – cakes in slice tin – much easier to pack! 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 12, 2014 at 12:50 pm

      Let me know if you like it Kirsten! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Claire Bailey says

    March 15, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    What would be a good sub for tapioca flour? More coconut, plain or wholemeal?

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 15, 2014 at 7:32 pm

      Coconut flour is such a tricky flour! You could try some plain flour!

      Reply
  9. Rhianon says

    March 15, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    Totally trying this out, but I’m going to see how the food processor goes with it 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 15, 2014 at 7:31 pm

      should be fine – just make sure the carrot isn’t too chunky 🙂

      Reply
  10. Jude says

    March 24, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Delicious, I don’t own a thermomix but just whizzed it all up in the blender. Tastes great! Thanks.

    Reply
  11. Jude says

    March 24, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    Do you think this would work as apple and blueberry instead of carrot and sultana?

    Reply
  12. Jodie says

    March 26, 2014 at 9:54 am

    Wow is all i can say about this,especially yummy straight out of the oven, definitely going to be on our morning tea baking rotation 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 26, 2014 at 11:13 am

      Yay! So glad you loved it Jodie! 🙂

      Reply
  13. CE Papas: the merrymaker sisters says

    April 10, 2014 at 2:05 pm

    Thanks for the AMAZING recipe! We’ve included it in our Easter Round up recipes! Hope you like it and thanks again! http://themerrymakersisters.com/paleo-easter-recipes/ 🙂 e +c

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      April 11, 2014 at 10:33 am

      Thanks for sharing girls !! 🙂

      Reply
  14. sonia.hayden@bigpond.com says

    June 21, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    OMG!! These are amaze balls!! I am just putting together my third slice in 5 days!! A real winner 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      June 26, 2014 at 3:50 pm

      oh thanks Sonia!! I love this one too 🙂

      Reply
  15. Rochelle says

    October 22, 2014 at 11:00 am

    My sons daycare is nutfree including coconut, what could I use in place of the coconut flour? Devastated I can’t make all my coconut flour goodies any more.

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      October 22, 2014 at 1:48 pm

      sorry Rochelle, there are no direct swaps for coconut flour – it’s such a funny flour to work with – it would just be trial and error!

      Reply
  16. Kids Society says

    June 11, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    I am so trying this carrot cake slice recipe over the weekend! I love that its dairy free so my little girl can enjoy it as well 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      June 11, 2015 at 5:19 pm

      Let me know what you think Margarita!

      Reply
  17. Diana says

    April 6, 2018 at 8:21 am

    Do you think this will work zucchini as I have a glut of zucchini’s and I’m trying to find ways to use them up. Thanks

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      April 6, 2018 at 1:45 pm

      Hi Diana, I can’t see why not, maybe just squeeze a little of the juice out. Some added cacao might taste nicer too! 🙂

      Reply

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