Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake with Craisins and Cinnamon Glaze

When 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 a gluten-free carrot Bundt cake 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 apple sauce. 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

Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

1 hour

 

Author: Alea

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
• 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 and flour a 13 x 9 pan.
2. In a large bowl, blend sugar, apple sauce, 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 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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More Gluten-Free Cake Recipes:

• Gluten-Free Cola Cake
• Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake
• Gluten-Free Earthquake Cake
• Gluten-Free Mocha Fudge Cake
• Gluten-Free Hummingbird Bundt Cake
• Gluten-Free German Chocolate Cake with Dairy-Free Topping

This recipe is shared with Gluten-Free Wednesdays and  Allergy-Free Wednesday.