Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Gluten-free carrot cake. With parsnips. Hmm...

Came across a recipe for gluten-free carrot, parsnip and orange cake. Not sure. Still, the website looks useful, from the people who produce Genius gluten-free bread.
http://www.geniusglutenfree.com/en_gb/recipes/spiced-carrot-parsnip-orange-cake

100g butter or dairy-free baking margarine, softened

55g rice flour

55g cornflour

110g light brown muscovado sugar

2 tsp gluten-free baking powder

Pinch of salt

1 tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg

½ tsp mixed spice

3 medium eggs, at room temperature

Zest of 1 orange

100g carrot, grated

100g parsnip, grated

50g raisins

40g pecans, roughly chopped 

Whisk all together, bake 30 - 35 minutes in a 20cm springform pan at 180 degrees C


For the orange cream icing:
50g butter, softened - beat first, add remaining ingredients, beat together.

250g cream cheese

275g icing sugar, sifted

Zest of 1 orange

1 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice

Sprinkle on 20g pecans, roughly chopped

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