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Carrot Cake – GAPS Approved

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One Easter tradition that never gets old, is carrot cake. This delicious, GAPS approved recipe is a favorite, even with those who eat the Standard American Diet.

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Carrot Cake

In a stand up mixer whip 3/4 of a block of grass fed butter (I use this one) with 3/4 cup local honey. Mix until fluffy. 

Add 1 tablespoon vanilla and a 1/2 cup home brewed kefir, preferably kefir cream. Home brewed yogurt can also be used. Mix.

Add in 1 teaspoon baking soda and 3 tablespoons cinnamon.

Alternating ingredients, add in 4 eggs and 3 cups almond flour, for example, add one egg and mix, one cup almond flour and mix, one egg and mix, etc.

Once combined add in 2 cups carrots, shredded on a cheese grater, then add 1 cups chopped walnuts (soaked and sprouted if needed). Pecans can also be used. Pecans soaked and sprouted taste more like maple syrup and add a whole different flavor to the cake. Cook in greased pan(s) at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, or until done. If the batter is poured into two round pans, the cook time is closer to 40 minutes, if cooked in a 9 x 13, it will be a little longer. 

Frosting

2 packages properly fermented cream cheese

one stick grass fed butter

3/4 cup local honey

Mix until fluffy.

*Special note on the cream cheese – cream cheese can be made from raw milk or milk using this starter culture, or this recipe. Make a special note that cream cheese is often filled with gums, xanthan gum or guar gum, which are not GAPS approved. This cream cheese is GAPS approved.

To color decorative carrots on the top of the cake, take a portion of the frosting in a bowl and add 1/4 teaspoon turmeric, or the amount that is a pleasing yellow, then sit one sliced beet in the frosting bowl and let sit. It doesn’t take long but once the desired amount of red has been added to make a glorious orange, mix. We use lemon balm leaves for decorative carrot leaves. The cake can also be topped with chopped almonds or pecans, soaked and sprouted if needed. 

Serve and enjoy. This cake is better the next day.

If a stronger cream cheese flavor is desired for the frosting, add a third tub of cream cheese.

Making cream cheese at home is easy and delicious. Click here to learn how. 

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[yumprint-recipe id=’48’]*Nourishing Plot is written by Becky Plotner, ND, traditional naturopath, CGP, D.PSc. who sees clients in Rossville, Georgia. She works as a Certified GAPS Practitioner who sees clients in her office, Skype and phone. She has been published in Wise Traditions, spoken at two Weston A. Price Conferences, Certified GAPS Practitioner Trainings, has been on many radio shows, television shows and writes for Nourishing Plot. Since her son was delivered from the effects of autism (Asperger’s syndrome), ADHD, bipolar disorder/manic depression, hypoglycemia and dyslexia, through food, she continued her education specializing in Leaky Gut and parasitology through Duke University, finishing with distinction. She is a Chapter Leader for The Weston A. Price Foundation. becky.nourishingplot@hotmail.com

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    10 Comments

  1. Mary Setchell Ruddick
    April 11, 2017
    Reply

    BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you!! I will be making this over the weekend!

  2. Becky
    April 11, 2017
    Reply

    Where do you get the cream cheese?

  3. julialoha
    April 11, 2017
    Reply

    I would like to know a standard measurement of 3/4 block (of grass fed butter). Nevermind, I clicked on the butter you use and to my delight, it is exactly what I use – answer – 6 oz. = 3/4 block. It is a beautiful cake.

  4. Cindy
    April 12, 2017
    Reply

    What is the measurement for the butter in ounces or grams?

    • Becky Plotner
      April 19, 2017
      Reply

      I Googled this and found it’s 113 grams.

  5. stephanie pulford
    November 17, 2017
    Reply

    how long do you bake it and at what temperature? What size pans did you use?

    • Becky Plotner
      November 30, 2017
      Reply

      Oh my word, thank you for the assist! LOL. A major mistake on my part.

  6. Ekaterina
    April 18, 2018
    Reply

    Sounds delicious! Will be making this weekend for my birthday! Becky, do you think I could use kefir cheese (strained kefir sour cream) instead of cream cheese? I have never tried gaps approved cream cheese and I wonder if it tastes kind of similar…

    • Becky Plotner
      May 22, 2018
      Reply

      There is an easy recipe for cream cheese. If you tolerate kefir, it’s not a large step to cream cheese. Either can be used, each with a different flavor for the cake. I prefer cream cheese. https://www.nourishingplot.com/2018/02/28/homemade-cream-cheese-gaps-approved/

  7. Emily
    July 17, 2018
    Reply

    Will it work to substitute ghee for the butter in the cake and frosting recipes?

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