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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 concentrate (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 concentrate, 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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10 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

  7. When you say “frozen orange juice,” do you mean OJ concentrate? If people are using OJ instead, that would make the cake more liquidy.

    Maggie

  8. @Maggie – We mean OJ concentrate. I’ll change it in the recipe right now. Thanks!

    Neely

  9. Can anything be substituted for the Almond flour? Nut allergies :(

    Cealleadh

  10. Cealleadh – Here’s a post I did on almond flour substitutes. http://www.paleoplan.com/2011/09-23/qa-curbing-cravings-almond-allergies-and-eating-out/

    Basically, you can use tapioca flour, coconut flour, sweet potato flour, flax meal, or any other grain-free flour you can find.

    Neely

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