Gluten Free Carrot Beet Cake (with Or Without Chocolate)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups ground fresh carrots
• 1 cup ground fresh beets or 1 cup canned beets, drained, chopped
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 tablespoons hot water
• 1 teaspoon orange extract (optional)
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
• 2 cups rice flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt or 1/2 teaspoon salt substitute
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cocoa powder (optional)
• pam cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 in large mixing bowl, mix carrots, grated or ground beets, eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla and hot water and only (1) of the extracts, if desired.
• 2 note: if using canned beets, make sure they are drained well, before cutting.
• 3 in another bowl, mix dry ingredients: rice flour,salt, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda. mix well.
• 4 add nuts.
• 5 beat egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff.
• 6 add dry mixture into wet mixture, a little at a time, and mix well.
• 7 now add cocoa powder if you want a chocolate flavor.any of the extracts go well with the chocolate.
• 8 preheat oven 350*.
• 9 fold in beaten egg whites into the batter.
• 10 spray pam into bundt pan, grease well.
• 11 carefully pour mixed batter.
• 12 bake for 50 minutes. take out of oven and let set at least 10 minutes before inverting. i use a narrow spatula to run around the inside & outside of bundt pan.
• 13 if using orange extract, decorate cake platter with thin slices of cut fresh oranges.