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Title: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: brazen20au on May 17, 2009, 04:24:18 am
BRAZEN'S GLUTEN FREE THERMOMIX CARROT CAKE

170-190g carrot, chopped into 1" chunks
60g walnuts

130g sugar
130g oil (I use grapeseed)
160g applesauce (make in thermo, I freeze mine in small portion-sized containers)
3 eggs
1/2 tspn salt
1 heaped tspn baking soda (bicarb)
1 heaped tspn gluten free baking powder
1 heaped cinnamon or mixed spice
240g gluten free plain flour


place carrot in thermomix, chop on speed 5 for approx 10-15 seconds. remove.
place wanlnuts in bowl, chop on speed 4 for approx 10-15 seconds, place in bowl with carrot.

place butterfly in thermo.
combine sugar and oil on speed 4 for approx 10-15 seconds. scrape sides down, add applesauce and mix on speed 4 for another 10-15 seconds.
reduce speed to 2 and add eggs one at a time through top and beat till smooth.
add dry ingredients and mix on speed 2 for around 10-15 seconds.
add in carrots and mix on speed 2 for 5-10 seconds.

pour into a greased cake tin and bake in a mod. slow over 160-180'c (325-350'F) for 1 hour.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2126/3534745527_31b796f0de.jpg)
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: brazen20au on May 17, 2009, 04:24:59 am
dh's comment was "this is the best carrot cake EVER"  :o ;D
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: I Love Bimby! on May 17, 2009, 05:37:39 am
Thanks Karen, just what I've been looking for - gluten free and dairy free.

Is the apple sauce just stewed apples pureed?
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Post by: brazen20au on May 17, 2009, 05:55:26 am
yup!

i usually chop apples into 4's or 8's and fill the tmx, just add a tiny bit of water (like 1/4 cup) and cook on 4 for 7-8 mins!

i use it to replace half the fat and half the sugar in cake recipes ;)
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: brazen20au on May 17, 2009, 05:57:45 am
by the way i usethe GF baking powder and plain flour from the TMX books
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Post by: I Love Bimby! on May 17, 2009, 06:04:34 am
You are a clever cookie aren't you  ;)  hope you give yourself a pat on the back regulary!

I have made the GF baking powder but not the flour.  Have only just been told to reduce gluten so haven't looked into it too hard just yet.  But it will be much easier with the wealth of knowledge you have.

Thanks heaps.

Have excess apples at the moment so will do that tonight I think.

THANK YOU!!!! ;D
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: kniki on May 18, 2009, 02:55:26 am
Do you peel the apples or leave the skins on?
I'm keen to try this recipe this week.
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: brazen20au on May 18, 2009, 03:06:44 am
skins on!
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: kniki on May 18, 2009, 03:09:15 am
Excellent.  Now comes the next (dumb) question - how long do you cook them for, and with how much water?
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: brazen20au on May 18, 2009, 03:19:04 am
7-10 minutes nd maybe only 100g water?
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Post by: kniki on May 18, 2009, 03:21:13 am
I should have read your post above!! Sorry, it really was a dumb question!!
 :-))
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Post by: judydawn on May 18, 2009, 03:32:23 am
Everyone is allowed 1 'senior moment' per day Kniki ;D ;D
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: kniki on May 18, 2009, 03:36:24 am
Just one? Great, now I've gotta be on the ball for the rest of the day.  Better go and make myself a coffee.
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: kniki on May 18, 2009, 04:01:34 am
Ok, have done the apples, they look and smell great.  Will make the cake a bit later.
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Post by: brazen20au on May 18, 2009, 04:20:42 am
LOL
i thought i had posted it but was posting on my phone at the play area at the mall and it's just too painful to try to find stuff ;)

i think i need another coffee too! lol
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: Thermomixer on May 18, 2009, 08:48:13 am
Thanks Karen - great recipe - like the idea of apple sauce !! Need to ost that separately as a tip ???   Please.
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Post by: kniki on May 29, 2009, 12:38:24 am
I have this carrot cake in the oven right now!  Mady my own flour mix (as per Sue Sheperd's "Gluten-free Cooking") with 2 parts rice flour, 1 part chickpea flour, 1 part tapioca flour.  Will let you know how it turns out  ;D....
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Post by: Thermomixer on May 29, 2009, 12:41:12 am
Fingers crossed  ;D
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Post by: kniki on May 29, 2009, 03:50:12 am
ooooooooh it's delicious....... thanks for the recipe  :D
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Post by: brazen20au on May 29, 2009, 04:23:30 am
not a problem!
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Post by: marmee on June 03, 2009, 10:16:23 am
What do you think about omitting the eggs in this one - or anyone used egg replacer in the Thermomix for cakes?  How do they turn out?
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: kniki on June 03, 2009, 10:38:59 am
Sorry, I've never used egg replacer so I wouldn't know.
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Post by: Thermomixer on June 03, 2009, 11:16:20 am
What do you think about omitting the eggs in this one - or anyone used egg replacer in the Thermomix for cakes?  How do they turn out?

Don't know - but it would pay to contact Thermomix in Australia via http://www.thermomix.com.au/01-contactus.html (http://www.thermomix.com.au/01-contactus.html) they have nutritionists who may be able to help.
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Post by: marmee on June 03, 2009, 12:41:41 pm
Wow!  Thanks for that link   :-*
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Post by: kniki on June 17, 2009, 01:37:54 am
This cake was such a hit with everyone, including my husband who usually doesn't expect too much of gluten free baking!  I am making it again right now.
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Post by: brazen20au on June 17, 2009, 04:06:15 am
i was also surprised at how amazing it was too kniki, it was almost better GF than with regular flour!
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Post by: faffa_70 on June 18, 2009, 03:44:27 pm
Ok Karen, it is my turn for my one senior moment question!!  :-[

What is the ratio that you replace the apple sauce with in your cake recipes? I get you can replace up to half the fat and half the sugar...but with how much apple sauce? I'm not enough of a foodie to work that one out! 
Title: Re: Carrot Cake - gluten free & dairy free :)
Post by: brazen20au on June 19, 2009, 12:08:57 am
i just replace with the same - so i weigh the apple sauce first - if i have 200g of apple sauce then i put in 100g less of sugar and 100g less of oil - does that make sense?
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Post by: faffa_70 on June 19, 2009, 02:37:38 am
i just replace with the same - so i weigh the apple sauce first - if i have 200g of apple sauce then i put in 100g less of sugar and 100g less of oil - does that make sense?

Thanks Karen you are a champ.  That is easy enough....even for me  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I have a heap of baking to do today if miss 2 will let me, she has had ear aches for the last 24 hours (screaming with them :'() so off to the Dr today. We had roast pork the other night and I made a heap of Apple Sauce with the intent of using it in baking so that is ready to go ;)
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Post by: scyrene on July 17, 2009, 10:01:25 pm
Just made this - it is good, but I reckon it'd be even better served with cream, crème fraîche or ice cream (although I suppose that defeats the dairy-free aspect). Sadly I didn't have any in - must plan better next time :)
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Post by: Thermomixer on July 18, 2009, 02:53:25 am
Great to hear you're mixing along there Barry - just about everything tastes better with a dollop of cream  ;D ;D

My mother used to make a frosting with margarine, icing sugar and lemon juice and zest - that would be dairy-free if you need it to be.
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Post by: scyrene on December 19, 2009, 07:22:37 pm
I found a chunk of this in the freezer last week (can't believe I made it back in July!) - it defrosted very well in a low oven, and went very nicely with double cream. I'm not sure how well regular cake defrosts, but this was just as good as when freshly-baked :)
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Post by: ahoney on January 14, 2011, 01:00:23 pm
This looks great, could I use store bought g.f flour such as orgran or white wings (i don't have gluten free cook book yet).
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Post by: brazen20au on January 14, 2011, 08:37:23 pm
of course.

GF flour mix is just 1/3 each maize / corn flour, rice flour and tapioca starch with a teaspoonful of potato flour (which i rarely use)