I was looking for a sugar-free carrot cake. I wanted to add carrot to make it more healthy. Adding extra vegetables is adding extra healthy ingredients, right, well not according to the recipes I could find. Since they all have a huge amount of sugar as an ingredient. Even the sugar-free versions are swapping refined white sugar for brown sugar or maple syrup or honey or coconut sugar. And that was not what I head in mind when looking for a 'healthy cake'.
So I was on the quest to find a recipe that was vegan, gluten-free, oil-free, sugar-free and still full of taste. So it used a few not-so normal ingredients and it's not overly sweet, but it is healthy and suited for diabetics and people with celiac decease.
Healthy carrot cake
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup chickpea flour
- ⅔ cup rice flour
- ⅔ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup tahini
- ¼ cup applebutter
- 3 Tbsp flax seeds grounded
- 7½ Tbsp water
- ¾ cup grated carrots
- ¼ cup heamp hearts
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon substitute with a cookie spice mix
- ⅓ cup chocolate drops
- 2 Tbsp baking powder
- ½ cup chopped nuts walnuts, macademianuts, pine nuts, pick your choise.
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