Flourless Carrot Cake Recipes

FLOURLESS CARROT CAKE WITH MASCARPONE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Grease an 8-inch springform pan with butter and dust with flour; set aside.
• In your mixer's bowl combine egg whites and tartar; beat at high speed until soft peaks form.
• Add 2 tablespoons sugar and continue to beat until stiff peaks form; set aside.
• In a separate large mixing bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, egg yolks, orange zest, cinnamon, salt and vanilla; beat at medium-high speed until incorporated and light in color; about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Using a spatula, fold in grated carrots and a third of the egg whites mixture; fold until thoroughly combined.
• Fold in the remaining egg whites and almond flour; continue to fold until incorporated.
• Pour batter into previously prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes, or until golden brown and the cake starts to pull away from the sides.
• Transfer to a rack and cool completely.
• In the meantime, prepare the frosting.
• With mixer on medium speed, beat heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
• In separate bowl, combine mascarpone cheese and powdered sugar; beat until smooth.
• Gently fold whipped cream into mascarpone mixture; continue to fold until completely incorporated.
• Spread over cooled cake.
• Serve.

FLOURLESS CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees with a rack in the middle. Oil a 9-inch springform pan, and line it with parchment. Lightly oil the parchment.
• Combine the almonds and the turbinado sugar in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Blend until the almonds are finely ground. Add the baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon zest, and pulse together.
• Beat the eggs until thick in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, or with an electric beater. Add the organic sugar, and continue to beat until the mixture is thick and forms a ribbon when lifted from the bowl with a spatula. Beat in the vanilla. Add the almond mixture and the carrots in three alternating additions, and slowly beat or fold in each time.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pan. Place in the oven, and bake one hour until firm to the touch and beginning to pull away from the pan. A toothpick inserted into the center of the cake should come out clean. Remove from the heat, and allow to cool on a rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the pan, and carefully remove the spring form ring. Allow the cake to cool completely, then wrap tightly in plastic.

FLOURLESS CARROT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 10-inch Bundt pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk the almond flour, potato starch, orange zest, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a large bowl; stir in the carrots.
• Combine the whole eggs and 1 cup granulated sugar in another large bowl. Beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and thick, about 3 minutes. Gently fold in the carrot mixture.
• Put the egg whites in another large bowl and beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until just foamy. Gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar and beat until stiff, glossy peaks form, 6 to 8 more minutes.
• Gently fold the beaten egg white mixture into the carrot mixture in 3 additions until just combined. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the cake springs back when pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool completely in the pan, then invert onto a platter.
• Make the glaze: Whisk the confectioners' sugar, orange juice, vanilla seeds and salt in a bowl. Drizzle over the cake and let set slightly before serving.