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!
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.
I think they would make awesome muffins too! 🙂 Let me know how it goes!
This sounds perfect for the kids lunch box and nice and easy too:)
I love quick and easy!! Mix, whack into tin, bake !!
do you think this would freeze well?
Yes!! I think it will freeze really well Deb 🙂
Perfect. It’s in the oven now!
Let me know if you like it Deb! 🙂
It’s delish & so easy. My 23 mo loves it as well, making another batch today
Thanks Deb! xx
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
I know… it’s like cupcake or muffin? whatever… I will eat them both! 😉
Hi when you say 1 cup carrot, do you mean 1cup grated? This looks amazing can’t wait to try it
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. 🙂
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!
Oh that is a great idea.. thanks Anna!! 😀
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! 🙂
Let me know if you like it Kirsten! 🙂
What would be a good sub for tapioca flour? More coconut, plain or wholemeal?
Coconut flour is such a tricky flour! You could try some plain flour!
Totally trying this out, but I’m going to see how the food processor goes with it 🙂
should be fine – just make sure the carrot isn’t too chunky 🙂
Delicious, I don’t own a thermomix but just whizzed it all up in the blender. Tastes great! Thanks.
Do you think this would work as apple and blueberry instead of carrot and sultana?
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 🙂
Yay! So glad you loved it Jodie! 🙂
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
Thanks for sharing girls !! 🙂
OMG!! These are amaze balls!! I am just putting together my third slice in 5 days!! A real winner 🙂
oh thanks Sonia!! I love this one too 🙂
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.
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!
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 🙂
Let me know what you think Margarita!
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
Hi Diana, I can’t see why not, maybe just squeeze a little of the juice out. Some added cacao might taste nicer too! 🙂