Gluten-free Carrot Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup tapioca starch
• 1/2 cup potato starch
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2/3 cup raw carrot (shredded)
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained (add back 1/4 cup of the juice)
• 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely ground (plus additional for garnish)
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce or 1 cup soy yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut (optional)
• 1 (4 ounce) soy cream cheese or 1/4 cup margarine
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 mix together first 10 ingredients ( rice flour through nutmeg).
• 2 add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
• 3 preheat oven to 350 degrees. lightly oil a 9x9-inch square cake pan.
• 4 spoon blended ingredients into pan and bake 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes away cean.
• 5 cool completely.
• 6 transfer to a cake plate and frost with faux cream cheese frosting. garnish with additional walnuts, if desired.
• 7 faux cream cheese frosting:
• 8 beat together cream cheese, sugar, and vanila. frost cake.