Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Vegan Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
51 cooks on www.gimmesomeoven.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 70.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 142% | 89% |
| total sugar | 568% | 233% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 11% | 14% |
| egg | 56% | 67% |
| leavener | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 13% | 0% |
| dairy | 13% | 94% |
| acid | 6% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 128% | 107% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 354 g | 2.5 cups (12.5 ounces) gluten-free all-purpose flour blend (I used Bob’s Red Mill GF All-Purpose Baking Flour) |
| 8 g | 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon |
| 5 g | 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| pinch of ground cloves | |
| pinch of ground ginger | |
| 454 g | 1 pound carrots (peeled) |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| 213 g | 1 cup light brown sugar (packed) |
| 200 g | 4 flax eggs (*1/4 cup ground flaxmeal and 3/4 cup water (see instructions below*)) |
| 164 g | 3/4 cup vegetable oil |
| (optional: 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts) | |
| 1600 g | 8 cups gluten-free powdered sugar |
| 340 g | 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) vegan butter or margarine |
| 46 g | 3 Tablespoons non-dairy milk (I used unsweetened almond milk) |
| 15 g | 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon lemon juice |
| pinch of salt |
Method: 12 steps, published by www.gimmesomeoven.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Okay, so...this cake is INSANELY good. I set out to make a really good carrot cake after a heated discussion in our household about whether or not carrot cake is an acceptable "all time favourite cake" flavour. I was on team NO, initially, but I thought it onl” — a cook, 5.0★
“Hailing from France here. I thought I'd try something truly American for a gathering of language workers. Taking the advice of a fellow Briton here, I made the following changes: - Replaced the 1 cup of granulated sugar with 1 cup of chopped walnuts and 1/” — a cook, 5.0★