I was thinking what should I name the carrot cake, is it winter cake, or summer cake or fall cake, actually it is a year-round cake because carrots are pretty much always in season.
This healthy carrot cake recipe is very easy, fast and healthy. I tried different versions, substituted a number of ingredients until I got this one, and Im telling you with confidence that it is the BEST CARROT CAKE EVER.
Ingredients:
Cake:
2 cups of flour
2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup of crushed walnuts
2 tbs cinnamon
2 eggs
1 tbs vanilla extract
1/3 cup of coconut oil
1/2 cup of honey
1 cup of greek yogurt
1 cup coconut milk
2 big spoons of coconut creme
2 tbs baking soda
3 tbs baking powder
1/2 tbs salt
1 cup coconut flakes
Greek yogurt Icing:
1/2 cup of greek yogurt
1/2 cup of heavy creme
3 tbsp of mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup of coconut sugar
1 tbs vanilla extract
Coconut flakes for garnishing
Instruction;
- Preheat oven 180 degree celsius.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs for 10 seconds, then add yogurt, coconut milk, coconut creme, vanilla extract, honey whisk well and put aside.
- In another bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt whisk well and set aside.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, until well combined
- Add carrots, walnuts and coconut flakes whisk until combined, don’t over whisk.
- Pour into a baking dish that you already sprayed with coconut oil.
- Let it rest for 10 min than put in oven for 30 min
- Prepare the Icing: in a bowl, mix the yogurt, heavy creme, mascarpone cheese, sugar and vanilla extract together.
- If you are doing one big cake, transfer the icing on top of the cake a spread with spatula and garnish with coconut flakes or eatable flowers. If you are doing smaller portions like I did today, I used the muffins baking try, you can add the icing on each piece before serving.
Tip: If your yogurt is less than 10% fat, put the yogurt in a coffee filter or paper sheet on top of the bowl for 4 hours in the fridge until it stains.
Let me know if you try it would love to know your comment
xoxo gracy …