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Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake with Craisins and Cinnamon Glaze

February 10, 2014 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

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This Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake recipe has craisins and walnuts. It is topped with an easy, homemade Cinnamon Glaze.

Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake with Cinnamon glaze

The first time I tried making a carrot cake in Bundt cake pan, my daughter convinced me to use white chocolate chips instead of walnuts and the chips stuck causing the cake came out in pieces…so I ended up making a carrot cake trifle. The trifle was such a hit that my family has asked me to ruin more cakes.

I decided to have another go at creating a gluten-free carrot Bundt cake recipe and this time, I decided to leave the white chocolate chips out of the batter and use them to create a glaze instead.

While I was experimenting, I decided to try reducing the sugar by a third and I replaced half of the oil with applesauce. My family didn’t miss the sugar and oil. To my slightly healthified carrot cake, I added craisins and walnuts. If you wanted to be even healthier you could leave off the glaze and just sprinkle the top with powdered sugar.

Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake Recipe

Cake Ingredients:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup rice flour
  • ¾ cup tapioca flour
  • ¼ cup potato starch
  • 1 teaspoon guar gum
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2½ cups grated carrots
  • 1 cup walnuts (optional)
  • 1 cup cranberries (optional)

Cake Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a bundt cake pan and dust it with gluten-free flour.
  2. In a large bowl, blend applesauce, oil, and eggs using a whisk or mixer on low.
  3. Add the flours, potato starch, guar gum, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mix on high for 2 minutes.
  4. Add in grated carrots and optional ingredients. Stir in by hand until fully incorporated.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
  6. Set on a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes in pan. Remove from the pan and let cool completely before glazing.

Easy Cinnamon Glaze Recipe

Glaze Ingredients:
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons milk (or vanilla almond milk)
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Glaze Directions:

  1. In a small sauce microwave safe bowl heat milk and white chocolate until the chocolate melts. Stir until smooth.
  2. Stir in the cinnamon.
  3. Drizzle the glaze over cake. Let sit for a few minutes to harden before serving.

 

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Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
45 mins
Total time
1 hour
 
Author: Alea
Recipe type: Gluten-free Dessert
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup rice flour
  • ¾ cup tapioca flour
  • ¼ cup potato starch
  • 1 teaspoon guar gum
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2½ cups grated carrots
  • 1 cup walnuts (optional)
  • 1 cup cranberries (optional)
Glaze:
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons milk (or vanilla almond milk)
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a bundt cake pan and dust with gluten-free flour.
  2. In a large bowl, blend sugar, applesauce, oil, and eggs using a whisk or mixer on low.
  3. Add the flours, potato starch, guar gum, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mix on high for 2 minutes.
  4. Add in grated carrots and optional ingredients. Stir in by hand until fully incorporated.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
  6. Set on a rack to cool for 5 minutes in pan. Remove from pan and let cool completely before glazing.
Glaze directions:
  1. In a small sauce microwave safe bowl heat milk and white chocolate until the chocolate melts. Stir until smooth.
  2. Stir in the cinnamon.
  3. Drizzle the glaze over cake. Let sit for a few minutes to harden before serving.
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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Joseph says

    May 19, 2015 at 4:37 pm

    I just made this recipe today and it turned out great! I did make one change, I substituted the applesauce with yogurt. Thank you for this delicious GF carrot cake!

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  2. Winnie says

    May 19, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    Wowwww
    This cake looks wonderful
    2 of my nephews are gluten-free, and i’d love to make this cake for them 🙂

    Reply
  3. Angela @Little Apple Tree says

    February 10, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    This sounds gorgeous! I do a fair bit of gluten-free baking but haven’t ventured beyond almond or coconut flour. I may be tempted to give tapioca flour a try now…the crumb looks fantastic!

    (Visiting from SITS.)

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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