Oat Flour Carrot Cake

You'd never guess that this deeply moist and uber-rich oat flour carrot cake with notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger is made with no refined flour or sugar.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword banana oat flour cake, healthy carrot cake, oat flour carrot cakes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 35

Total Time 50

Servings pieces

Calories 747kcal

Author Kelli Shallal MPH RD

Equipment

9-inch cake pans

Ingredients

2 ½ cups oat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ginger
½ cup dark brown coconut sugar
½ cup golden coconut sugar
½ cup maple syrup
1 cup apple sauce
½ cup melted coconut oil
2 cups grated carrots
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 cup walnuts
½ cup raisins
12 ounces cream cheese frosting

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line two 9 inch round cake pans with parchment paper and grease with oil over the top.
Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl (oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, ground ginger, dark coconut sugar, and golden coconut sugar.)
Combine wet ingredients (maple syrup, apple sauce, coconut oil, vanilla extract, and eggs) in another medium bowl.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes, add in walnuts, shredded carrots, and raisins. Spread mixture evenly between the two cake pans.
Bake for 34-45 minutes or until fully set (an inserted toothpick comes out clean.)
Let cool entirely on a cooling rack (the parchment paper will make it easier to turn the pan over on the cooling rack and let the cake come out onto the cooling rack.) Frost one cake, layer the next one on top, and finish frosting.

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Notes

Grated/shredded Carrots - I highly suggest that you shred the carrots yourself because the pre-shredded ones you buy in the store are super dried out. Grating them yourself will yield a much more delicious product in your cake and help keep your cake moist!

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