Healthy Carrot Cake Loaf

5 from 7 votes

This Healthy Carrot Cake Loaf is perfect for spring! It's naturally sweetened, spiced with a dash of cinnamon, moist, and tender, and topped with a light and sweet maple glaze.

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Total Time55

Course: Bread

Cuisine: Gluten-free

Servings:

Author: Lexi Davidson

Ingredients

3 eggs
1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
¼ cup cup honey
2 tablespoons avocado oil or coconut oil melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups 200 grams almond flour
2 tablespoons 15 grams coconut flour
1-½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch fine sea salt
1 cup grated carrots from about 2 medium carrots

Optional Add-ins:

½ cup raisins
½ cup mini chocolate chips
⅓ cup walnuts or pecans chopped
Glaze:
½ cup organic powdered sugar
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1-2 tablespoons almond milk
½ teaspoon maple extract optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a 8"x5" loaf pan with a parchment paper sling.
In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, applesauce, honey, oil, and vanilla until combined. Add in almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and whisk until fully combined.
Fold in carrots and any optional add-in’s.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and smooth over the top.
Bake in preheated oven for 45-50 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Let cool the loaf cool completely.
To make the optional glaze: Whisk all ingredients together. If the glaze is too thick you can add a tablespoon more almond milk at a time until it has reached the desired consistency.

Notes

Looking for a glaze made without refined sugar? Check out the glaze used in this recipe.

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