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Moist Carrot Cake
Cook Time
40 mins
 
Moist Carrot Cake
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: moist carrot cake
Servings: 8
Ingredients
  • 1/4 pound carrots, finely grated
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp orange zest
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • sweetener of your choice equivalent to 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 3 Tablespoons sunflower oil
  • FROSTING:
  • 3 Tablespoons butter, softened
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • sweetener to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl beat the eggs with yogurt, oil, vanilla and orange zest
  2. In another bowl combine flour, sweetener, baking powder and pumpkin spice. Add to the egg mixture and mix well. Stir in carrots.
  3. Pour into lightly oiled 8-inch (20 cm) cake pan and bake at 350 F (175 C) for about 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely.
  4. FROSTING: Combine butter, cream cheese, sweetener and vanilla and beat until smooth. Spread the icing on the cake.