Spiced Carrot Cake with Coconut Cream

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Spiced Carrot Cake

(tweaked from The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook)

  • 3 cups blanched almond flour
  • 2 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 TBS cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 5 eggs
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
  • 3 cups carrots, grated
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup walnuts

In a large bowl, combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, honey and oil. Stir carrots, raisins and walnuts into wet ingredients. Stir wet ingredients into dry. Place batter into 2 well greased, round 9 Inch cake pans. Bake at 325° for 35 minutes. Cool to room temperature and spread with coconut cream frosting. Serve.

Coconut Cream

  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 1/4 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2-1 cup honey (depending on how sweet you like it)

Heat the coconut milk and honey in a saucepan until hot and incorporated. Remove from heat and stir in the coconut oil until melted. Place mixture in a jar or bowl and place in the freezer for about 35-45 minutes or until the frosting/cream has thickened. If it is too frozen just leave it on the counter for several minutes until it is spreadable.

Enjoy!