Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
from www.chelseasmessyapron.com
It ranks #1 of 70 for rise among the carrot cake recipes we compared. 2 cooks on www.chelseasmessyapron.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 70.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 89% |
| total sugar | 0% | 233% |
| egg | 0% | 67% |
| leavener | 0% | 3% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| dairy | 0% | 94% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 107% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| Cooking spray | |
| 120 g | 1 cup cashews (see note 2) |
| 80 g | 1 cup old-fashioned oats (see note 3) |
| 242 g | 3/4 cup maple syrup (see note 4) |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup melted coconut oil (measure when melted) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 52 g | 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk (or milk of choice) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon baking powder |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger |
| 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves | |
| 12 g | 1-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch (see note 5) |
| 128 g | 1 cup finely grated carrots |
| 57 g | 2 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese (softened to room temperature) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 1 g | 1/8 teaspoon salt |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 350 g | 1-3/4 cups powdered sugar |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon unsweetened vanilla almond milk (or milk of choice) |
| Toasted and coarsely chopped pecans (optional) |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.chelseasmessyapron.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“My husband made this carrot cake for me for my birthday yesterday. It was soooo good! Carrot cake is my fav and this recipe is the next level. We had it with frosting but you don't even need to frosting. So delicious! Thank you for this recipe!” — a cook, 5.0★
“This cake was so delicious! Thank you so much for this. I have Celiac and miss being able to eat things like this. This was such a treat. Thank you.” — a cook, 5.0★