sweet

No Sugar Carrot Cake

• source: https://delishably.com/special-diets/Sugar-Free-Carrot-Cake-Recipe
• time: 80
• servings: 12

Ingredients

• 190 g dates
• 250 g wholemeal flour
• 1.5 tsp baking powder
• 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 120 g chopped walnuts
• 3 eggs
• 340 g carrots
• 240 ml sunflower oil
• 225 g cream cheese
• 1 dessertspoon honey

Cookware

• oven
• saucepan
• 20cm cake tin
• large bowl
• electric beater
• whisk
• wire rack

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan.
2. Cover dates in water in a saucepan and boil while you prepare the rest of the cake.
3. Grease a 20cm cake tin and line with baking parchment, making it higher than the sides to prevent the top burning.
4. In a large bowl, sift together wholemeal flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and baking soda. Optionally add chopped walnuts.
5. Beat eggs with an electric beater or whisk.
6. Grate carrots.
7. Remove the dates from the heat and puree until smooth.
8. Add all wet ingredients — the carrots, eggs, sunflower oil, and date puree — to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
9. Pour into the baking tin and bake for 45 minutes to 55 minutes. Check with a skewer — if it comes out clean the cake is ready.
10. Leave to cool for 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack and cool completely.
11. For the topping, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add honey (or baobab/lacuma powder) and beat until mixed. Spread on the cooled cake and decorate with whole walnuts if desired.