It's Friday!!!

Denver Botanical Gardens - Aug 2009

Happy Friday! Friday is desert day to celebrate!

Well, last weekend, I tinkered around in the kitchen. I was making carrot cake for my cousin's birthday. I didn't have anything for Kaden to eat. So, I worked on making him a carrot cake. It turned out delicious! Gotta tell you, though, I haven't found a good frosting to top the carrot cake. I made a delicious sunbutter frosting, but when I put it on the carrot cake... it just didn't do anything for the cake. So, I'm still working on the frosting part. But, the cake is just great!

Carrot cake

Ingredients:

2/3 c. GF flour + 1/2 t. xanthan gum (or 2/3 c. flour)
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 t. baking soda
1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. cloves
1/4 t. allspice
1/4 t. salt
2 t. egg replacer

1/3 c. oil
3 T. applesauce
(if you do use eggs, do 1 egg + 1 egg white and remove egg replacer & apple sauce)

2/3 c. finely grated carrots
1/4 c. finely chopped pineapple

Preheat the oven to 350*. Grease a 9x9 pan.

Mix the dry ingredients together. Then, mix the wet ingredients. Grate the carrots (either by grater or blender). Chop the pineapple (with a knife or blender). Mix the dry and wet ingredients well. Stir in the carrots and pineapple.

Pour batter into the pan and even out the batter for even baking. Bake for about 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool. Then serve.