Carrot Cake Recipe

Ingredients:IMG_1246 carrot cake

\n• 2 large carrots weighing approx. 300gr
\n• 1 cup SR Gluten free flour (I use Orgran Brand)
\n• ¼ cup Plain Gluten free flour
\n• 1 Tsp Bi-carb soda
\n• 1 Tsp cinnamon
\n• 1 Tsp nutmeg
\n• 1 Tsp guar gum
\n• ½ cup Naturally Sweet Xylitol
\n• 1 cup roughly chopped raisins
\n• 1 cup chopped pecan nuts
\n• 3 large eggs
\n• 1 cup Rice bran oil\n\nLemon icing
\n• 2 cups Naturally Sweet Xylitol Icing sugar
\n• 2 tabs Tofu cream cheese (I use Torfutti brand)
\n• Grated rind on 1 lemon
\n• 3-4 tabs freshly squeezed lemon juice\n\n

Method:

\nPre heat oven to 160 deg (I use a fan forced oven)
\nLine a 23x13 cm loaf tine with baking paper
\nMix all the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Grate the carrot to make up 2 cups and add to flour mixture. In separate bowl beat eggs.
\nAdd oil and mix well together. Add to flour mixture
\nPlace onto prepared pan and bake for about 50 minutes or till cooked remove from tin and when cool ice with lemon icing
\nCombine icing sugar cream cheese and lemon rind.
\nAdd enough lemon juice to make an icing consistency.\n\n

Recipe courtesy of Sue L Surfers Paradise

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