Sugar Free Carrot Cake
This sugar free carrot cake recipe from my wife Angel, who loves to make food and home and body care recipes that support people’s journey to optimal health. Check out my wife’s website, instagram and facebook page where she shares stories and pics about our life. She also has a great YouTube channel you can check out as well.
This recipe is perfect for any sort of holiday or special gathering. It is low in carbs and rich in healthy fats and fat burning nutrients! Enjoy this sugar free carrot cake! If you enjoy recipes like this, you may be interested in my advanced nutrition and recipe book the Keto Metabolic Breakthrough.
Sugar Free Carrot Cake
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Yield 24 Pieces of Cake
Ingredients:
- 3 organic eggs
- 2/3 cup melted coconut oil or grass-fed butter
- 1/3 cup keto maple syrup
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. pink real salt
- 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp. coconut flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 cup shredded organic carrots
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 cup of organic cream cheese (ideally grass-fed)
- 2/3 cup softened butter or ghee
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- Lightly Sweet: Use 1/16 cup powdered monk fruit or stevia
- Moderately Sweet: Use 1/8 cup powdered monk fruit or stevia
- Super Sweet: 1/4 cup powdered monk fruit or stevia
Instructions:
Step #1: Whisk eggs, melted oil, keto maple syrup, vanilla and salt together.
Step #2: Whisk in coconut flour and let it thicken for 5 minutes.
Step #3: While batter is thickening shred carrots.
Step #4: Add baking powder to batter and whisk in well.
Step #5: Stir in carrots and cinnamon.
Step #6: Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes in a small cake pan.
Frosting Instructions:
Step #1: Assemble the ingredients
Step #2: Mix ingredients together until a smooth cream is made and then apply it to the top of the cake.
Notes
***The nutrition info for this recipe is based on the linked ingredients above**
Courses Dessert
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 piece of cake
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 396 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 35 g | 54% | |
Total Carbohydrates 15 g | 5% | |
Dietary Fiber 8 g | 32% | |
Protein 13 g | 26% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Dr Jockers Comments:
For years people have been asking me how to prepare a grain-free, sugar free carrot cake. This recipe is exactly that with fat burning, nutrient dense ingredients that keep it low carb and give it plenty of delicious flavor! You will LOVE this!
This is a grain-free recipe that is loaded with superfoods and powerful fatty acids. Coconut is loaded with small and medium chain saturated fats that metabolize quickly and boost brain function and enhance gut health. Organic eggs provide clean protein and cinnamon and organic carrots provide antioxidants. Enjoy!
Try this out and leave a comment in the box below!
How many does this serve? Roughly?
I made this , was very good. do you have any suggestion’s on how to make the frosting without the beyond organics stuff? I used organic cream cheese and added goats milk kefir but was wondering if there was another way. looking into getting some stuff from beyond organics but not yet.
Also mine turned out very thin. using your ingredients for the cake, any thoughts?
I made this tonight and it tastes fabulous! I didn’t have raisins so I added raw sliced almonds. I used organic butter. And it took more than 30 minutes at 350. LOVE IT! Thanks for posting…
Fantastic! Great job Antoinette!
When you post these recipes, it would be so wonderful if you included the serving size, calories and macro nutrient profiles.
To those of us who create recipes, it takes a lot of trial and error to do so. Calculating the nutritional profile for every recipe would take even longer. The web sites exist for you to do this calculation yourself if you are interested. I am happy that the recipes are posted for free!
How much raisins?
Regina,
Add raisins to your preference! They are high in sugar so I’d recommend a small amount but ultimately it is your choice!
Thanks!
What about the erythritol in the maple syrup?
Wish that you would publish some vegan keto recipes or modifications to make some of them vegan.
Hey Sandra! We are in the process of developing plenty of vegan ketogenic recipes right now, stay tuned!
I agree….. I’m trying to go Keto for health reasons.
Sounds good.Wish I could eat it. I have a digestive disease. Maple syrup isn’t allowed.
It’s not real maple syrup. That’s why it’s sugar free (except when using raisins).
Use stevia! I use that and it works great
What kind of stevia did you use? And how much?
Dr. Jockers, I love your recipes and all your great information you share with us. Can we pin your recipes??? I don’t see anything for Pinterest. Maybe I am missing it.
Blessings Annette
Hey Annette, we are working on this feature, stay tuned!
I Pin Dr. Jockers recipes all the time. You can click on the P above the picture of the item you are needing to Pin. Also, hover over the picture of the item and a small red sign that says Pin and click on that. It is usually in the left-hand upper corner of the picture of the item wanting to be pinned. Hope this helps.
Adding to what I had already posted. I find that clicking on the P above the picture works the best. Sometimes hovering and clicking on the red sign (P. Save) will not work as well.
Can you substitute almond flour in place of the coconut flour. Don’t have any Thanks
For sure Margaret, it is not as absorbent so you may have to play with the liquid ingredient amounts to get the right consistency. You will likely need slightly less.
What size is a “small pan”?
Any ideas on how to make this without using eggs?… baking soda and “flax egg”? I am a terrible baker, but Gf, df, grain-free, egg-free carrot cake just sounds so good right now!!!!
Yes Laura, here is a helpful article on egg alternatives: https://drjockers.com/10-substitutions-baking-without-eggs/
Thank You for all your great articles and thanks to your wife for her delicious, healthy recipes
Cynthia Bank, Run Runners Roos B&B, 139 Main St. Twillingate, NL Canada
Thank you Cynthia! Blessings to you!
Thank you for sending this recipe for carrot cake which substitutes monk fruit and stevia for sugar. I am eager to try this recipe since I like carrot cake and the typical frosting can be on the sweet side.
Happy holidays!
Thanks for all your support! Blessings!
Dr. Jockers, thank you for the carrot cake recipe. I am looking forward to trying it. Just for your information, 1/16 cup is the same as 1 tablespoon.
Only 1/3 cup +2 tb flour??
Not 1 1/3 c?
I guess it works since others aren’t asking, it just doesn’t seem like enough.