Gluten-free carrot and blood orange cake
Background
The recipe of this gluten-free carrot and blood orange cake is very simple. You can bake the cake in a loaf tin, round cake tin or mini silicon moulds, that have special shapes. When the cakes are baked - you can decorate or glaze them according to the occasion - or just dust them with icing sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 cup self-raising gluten-free flour
- ½ cup ground almonds
- ½ cup brown rice flour
- ½ cup muscovado sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 2 blood oranges
- 2 carrots
- 2 Tbsp oil
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Grate the carrots.
- Peel the orange, then remove the white membranes and pips. Put the flesh into a small food processor and whiz until you get a purée. Add this to the flour mixture together with the grated carrots, oil & vanilla, then combine.
- Spoon the mixture into silicon moulds (shaped rose, heart, egg, bundt cake etc) or mini tins, large muffin baskets etc.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for 25 minutes or until golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Let the cakes cool then decorate them according to your liking and/or occasion.
Categories
- Meal Type: - Bake - Breakfast - Cakes - Dessert - Everyday - Quick & Easy - Seasonal - Snacks
- Cuisines: - Italian
- Occasions: - Afternoon Tea - Anniversaries - Easter - Mothers Day - Parties - Picnic - Sunday Lunch - Valentine's Day
- Ingredients: - Citrus - Roots & Bulbs
- Health and Diet: - Dairy Free - Gluten Free - High Fibre - Vegetarian
- Skill Levels: - Easy
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