Flourless Carrot Cake & Nutmeg Cream Cheese Frosting

Added on May 7th, 2012 by our friend from http://www.thingsmybellylikes.com

Cooking Steps

For the cake:
Whisk together the 1/4 cup honey, eggs and coconut oil. Stir in 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, lemon zest and juice.
Fold in the carrots and ground pecans.
Pour into a greased in springform pan.
Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes til firm. Set on a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.

For the frosting:
Combine 1 tbsp honey in a bowl, cream cheese, yoghurt, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp nutmeg and whisk with an electric whisk on a low setting.
Smear onto cake and refridgerate ’til needed.

Serves 5
30-35 mins
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Ingredients

  • 3 medium carrots, peeled and grated
  • 1/4 cup honey, plus one tbsp
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs
  • 8 oz pecans, ground to a fine crumb
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 lemon, zest and juice
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 2 tbsps plain yoghurt
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12 Responses to “Flourless Carrot Cake & Nutmeg Cream Cheese Frosting”

  1. This carrot cake seems very yummy! I love the “pecan flour” idea!!! I usually make my carrot cake with almond flour, but have to try this one! Thank you.

    Louisa, on May 7th, 2012

  2. [...] web!Flourless Carrot Cake & Nutmeg Cream Cheese Frosting Fast Paleo / Posted on: May 07, 2012Fast Paleo – For the cake: Whisk together the 1/4 cup honey, eggs and coconut oil. Stir in 1 tsp vanilla [...]

    Flourless Carrot Cake & Nutmeg Cream Cheese Frosting | Paleo Digest, on May 7th, 2012
  3. freelife

    Any idea of cooking time to make these as cupcakes?

    freelife, on May 7th, 2012

  4. So cream cheese is now paleo? Yoghurt? Really?!?!?

    Someguy513, on May 7th, 2012

  5. Hi Freelife, I’d try it at 15 minutes if doing them as cupcakes but watch them like a hawk – you don’t want them to dry out. G’luck!

    Someguy – I believe a lot of folks in the paleo community now incorporate dairy into their diet. If you don’t want to, feel free to leave off the topping and replace it with an avocado frosting (there’s a good recipe for this at Joy the Baker’s amazing website)

    thingsmybellylikes, on May 8th, 2012

  6. these were my favorite carrot cake BAR NONE. they were awesome. Yesterday was my birthday and my sweet hubby baked them for me. he made them as cupcakes, baked at 350 for 25 min and they made an even dozen :)

    andrea, on May 9th, 2012

  7. Question about how much are 3 carrots shredded? i.e. 1/2 cup?

    acarle1, on June 15th, 2012

  8. This was pretty gross..seriously

    Aly, on August 4th, 2012

  9. [...] sub coconut oil, though warm it to liquid before mixing, probably. Looks delicious. I love beets. here's a paleo flour-less carrot cake, too, with a frosting recipe as well. it uses ground pecans, though. [...]

    Primal lunch box quandry | Mark's Daily Apple Health and Fitness Forum page, on September 21st, 2012

  10. if the walnuts are to be substituted – will any type of nut work? I believe the recipe can be tweaked a little to our likings. I tried just as it’s posted, and I need to add a bit more honey next time around. I think the walnuts were over-bearing.

    Thanks for the recipe!

    daysiejerez, on October 4th, 2012

  11. Cream cheese is NOT paleo

    Traci, on February 21st, 2013
  12. Ute

    Hi Traci, at FastPaleo we cater to paleo and primal folks. Primal folks include high quality dairy in their diet. :)

    Ute, on February 21st, 2013

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