Low Carb Carrot Cake
Author: Julia McPhee
Nutrition Information
- Serves: 20
- Calories: 174
- Fat: 16.7g
- Saturated fat: 7.9g
- Carbohydrates: 1.7g
- Sodium: 116mg
- Protein: 4.0g
Recipe type: Cake/Dessert
Cuisine: Low Carb, Gluten Free, Sugar Free, Grain Free
This low carb carrot cake is a complete adaption of my standard old faithful Carrot Cake . I am very happy with the transformation and I think you will be too. This Low Carb Carrot Cake is fine without icing, however if you are a fan of cream cheese icing, mix cream cheese, lemon juice and 1 tbsp of stevia and ice when cake is cold.
Ingredients
- 3 cups grated carrot
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup Butter melted
- 3 tbsp Natvia (granulated)
- 1 ½ cups Almond meal/flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Mixed spice
- ½ cup Chopped walnuts
- 2 tsp Vanilla essence
- ½ cup Coconut (desiccated or thread)
Instructions
- Beat eggs, melted butter, Natvia, and vanilla together. Add grated carrot, walnuts, and coconut then mix almond meal spices and baking powder. Bake in a 25cm round tin or a loaf tin for 40 minutes at 170 degrees C or until firm to touch. A knife inserted into the cake should come out clean
8 Comments
I have never heard of Natvia and is Mixed spice just found with the spices?
Natvia is available at most supermarkets (funnily in the sugar section!). Yes you will find mixed spice in the herbs and spices at the supermarket. Similar to cinnamon etc.
Would love to have cream cheese recipe
Kim just mix soften cream cheese with a small amount of Natvia and lemon juice. Taste and add more Natvia if necessary. Vanilla essence is also a good flavour to add.
Can this be made without the coconut?
Hi
Yes, you can leave out the coconut and add a little more almond meal. Julia
Is Natvia an artificial sweetener?
I didn’t read the method properly and didn’t melt the butter and I only had 200gm carrots and no cinnamon. The mixture looked curdled so I had low expectations of making a decent cake. Having said that it was superscrummy, yummydelicious. So next time it will be even better. But there is no way I could make 20 portions from this cake – 10 maybe! .Thank you Julia.