Gluten-free Carrot Cake With Orange Frosting

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup soya flour or 1 cup besan flour
• 3/4 cup maize cornflour (100% corn)
• 2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups grated carrots (about two medium carrots)
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup light olive oil
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 125 g cream cheese, chopped
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 carrot cake: preheat the oven to moderately slow (160c).
• 2 grease a deep 20cm round cake tin, line the base and sides with baking paper.
• 3 sift flours, baking powder, bicarbonate soda and spice into a large bowl.
• 4 stir in the sugar, carrot and walnuts.
• 5 stir in the combined oil, cream and eggs until smooth.
• 6 pour the mixture into prepared cake tin and bake in a moderately slow oven for about one hour.
• 7 stand the cake for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire cake rack to cool.
• 8 top cake with orange frosting.
• 9 orange frosting: beat the cheese and the rind in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• 10 gradually beat in the sifted icing sugar until smooth.