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Carrot Cake

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs, separated
  • 1/2 cup raw honey (or less, if desired)
  • 1 1/2 cup cooked and pureed carrots
  • 1 Tbs orange zest
  • 1 Tbs frozen orange juice (no sugar added)
  • 3 cups almond flour
  • coconut oil

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325℉.
  2. Beat the egg yolks and honey together in a medium mixing bowl.
  3. Mix in carrot puree, orange zest, orange juice, and almond flour.
  4. Beat the egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff (a hand mixer is recommended for this step).  Carefully fold into batter.
  5. Pour batter into a 9-inch springform pan, lightly greased with coconut oil.
  6. Bake for about 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  7. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

This recipe inspired in part or in whole from here.

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6 Comments

  1. Does it need to be frozen orange juice? Will regular orange juice work?

    Zena

  2. I recently made this w/ regular oj and it came out just fine, delicious in fact!

    Catie

  3. Made this on request for my 80/20 paleo husband’s birthday yesterday. Modifications: fresh squeezed OJ, added a half tsp of vanilla and a shake of cinnamon. We eat dairy, so I made a maple Greek yogurt to have on the side. Pros: tasted great, excellent fake-a-cake, didn’t need the yogurt “icing,” although it worked well. Cons: two mixing bowls required, top burnt a bit while the middle stayed wet and raw. Next time I’d cook longer and cover with foil halfway through, and test the center much more thoroughly. I think I’ll skip the OJ too, as the batter was too wet.

    ESullins

  4. Made this a couple of times, each time I add a little more. I have added nutmeg, cinnamon, taken out the orange juice. This time I also added chopped walnuts to it, so more like a non paleo carrot cake. I have had great reviews, even from non paleo eating people. I even got my 5,7,and 9 year old nieces to ask for seconds. Need I say more…..

    Beth

  5. Didn’t care for this at all – it also burnt on the bottom.
    It needs something – salt? More flavor? Something.
    I used a cake pan as I didn’t have a springform – though still would not have affected the taste.

    Sue

  6. I think it needs some creamcheese icing! yummm

    Brandon

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