Sugar-Free Spiced Carrot Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

A sugar-free carrot cake featuring ground almonds, raisins, and walnuts, topped with a zesty orange cream cheese frosting.

Baking Vegetarian Dessert Sugar-Free Carrot Cake

Estimated Nutrition

Calories

332.4

kcal / serving

3324 kcal total

Carbs

17.4g

per serving

174 g total

Fat

26.4g

per serving

264 g total

Protein

8.4g

per serving

84 g total

Cook Time

minutes

Serves

people

Dietary

Vegetarian Vegan Dairy Free Gluten Free

Ingredients

BakingIngredients

150

Self-Rising Flour

tsp

Bicarbonate Soda

Dairy

piece

Egg

large, free-range

tbsp

Semi-Skimmed Milk

150

Soft Cheese

full-fat

Fruits

Raisin

piece

Orange

finely grated zest only

NutsSeeds

100

Ground Almond

Walnut Halves

roughly broken

tsp

Mixed Spice

ground

OilsFats

100

Sunflower Oil

plus extra for greasing

Vegetables

300

Carrot

coarsely grated

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a 20cm springform cake tin.

Mix the flour, almonds, raisins, walnuts, mixed spice, and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl.

Whisk the eggs, oil, milk, and grated carrots together in a separate bowl.

Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients to form a thick batter.

Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 1 hour until a skewer comes out clean.

Cool the cake in the tin before removing the paper and placing on a plate.

Mix the soft cheese with orange zest and spread over the cooled cake.