Can't Believe It's Gluten-Free Carrot Cake

Submitted by GlutenFreeGirl

"This is one of my favourite recipes that I have discovered. It is moist and tastes almost identical to the wheat containing carrot cake. It is without a doubt my favourite recipe from Robin Rybergs cookbook 'The Gluten free Kitchen'."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 9

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup oil
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3⁄4 cup cornstarch
• 2⁄3 cup potato starch
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 1⁄2 cups packed grated carrots (about 4 medium carrots)

• For Icing

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
• 3 drops milk

directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine oil, sugar, and brown sugar. Mix well.
3. Add all remaining ingredients except for nuts and carrots. Mix well, being sure that no lumps remain in the batter.
4. Mix in carrots and nuts.
5. Pour batter into greased 8x8 or 9x9 baking pan.Bake 45-55 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center tests clean.
6. Note that this cake with have a bit of a dome when first removed from the oven. It will settle as it cools.
7. For icing: Combine powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Beat very well. Add a few drops of milk as needed.
8. Spread icing on cooled cake.Freeze extra portions.

Reviews

[Lafinlepord]

Very good....easy to make I did subsitute tapioca starch for the potato starch since that is what I had on had. And I subbed knox gelatin for the xanthan gum. Worked great. Will be making again and again. Thanks so much for giving me back my carrot cake. Gonna try it with zuchinni this summer. Yummmm

 

[ebee3745]

This was a great recipe, thanks! I used it for cupcakes, and they turned out perfectly.

 

[qrst7272]

My son can not eat glutin so it is hard to make stuff that the rest of the famly likes as well. We all loved this recipe and it was very easy to make. Thanks for posting.

 

[girlca23]

I loved this recipe the only thing I did different was I added pineapple which made it turn out really good very moist I had tried a different recipe previously and had to throw them aaway.... Thanks for this recipe

 

[valgal123]

I loved this. Very moist, flavorful. I did cut the recipe in half and then in half again because we are a small family. So i ended up with 4 cupcakes that i filled 3/4. And the batter rose very high and the cupcakes kind of meld together. No big deal, i just cut appart. I also didn't add the carrots or nuts and made my own frosting.