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Moist Carrot Cake Recipe – Gluten-Free and Healthy

Moist carrot cake is a super dessert with the healthy and gluten-free ingredients below.

It’s a spring and Easter celebration must to add to your food table.

Healthy moist carrot cake for spring and easter food tables.

This moist carrot cake is delicious and made with coconut oil, that’ll make it super moist. And you can keep the taste with coconut, theme by using coconut flour. Or use almond flour that’s also a gluten-free flour good for cakes and desserts.

And if coconut or almond tastes are your vibes, you can use the matching milk tastes. You can make your own coconut milk so easily.

And in one fell swoop, combine batter in a bowl that you hand mix to make this deliciously moist carrot cake. Add currants, nuts, or coconut into batter as desired.

Also, instead of adding sweet to the batter of this cake, the sweetness can be added at the end in this recipe. That way it can be made to individual sweet tastes, and kept low-sugar.

For a food table, you could make a special milk glaze, or serve your individual carrot cakes or slices with maple syrup. Add to a cup or gravy boat, and let each person glaze their own cake.

That would make for a great brunch party experience. 🍽️

If you make more carrot cakes, they will take the same amount of time so you can make several individual carrot cakes or one large carrot cake at a time.🥕🥮

When in the oven, sometimes the beige cake exterior looks baked and the inside is still moist. But the fully baked carrot cake will come out clean, with a simple toothpick test.

Let it cool and then add a light glaze to give it a finished look. You could add mandarin oranges or shredded coconut to cake top if desired. That’s so spring and pretty for bunny season. 🐇

You can also try other waffle iron and brunch ideas, or low-sugar desserts.

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Healthy Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Recipe

This recipe is for an individual carrot cake, but for a one pan/layer cake multiply by 3, and for a two layer cake, multiply by 6.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup milk (coconut or almond recommended)
  • 1 tsp coconut oil
  • 1/3 cup shredded carrots
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/3 cup gluten-free coconut flour (or almond flour)
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • honey or syrup for sweet glaze
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract (optional)

Instructions

  • Mix dry and wet ingredients. The coconut flour will absorb the milk more than a gluten flour. You will end up with a batter that looks like creamy mashed potatoes (instead of a more liquid batter).
  • Bake at 350°F/180°C for at least 45 minutes depending on size of your baking vessel and amount of liquid. This recipe could be baked in a variety of baking pans: e.g. deep dish glass pan, oven-safe ceramic pan, or a bundt pan. When a toothpick comes out clean, then the cake is done.
  • Add a glaze. Zhugh with nuts and mandarin oranges (optional).
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