I have been craving carrot cake recently and decided that would be what I would make for my birthday cake. Yes, I make my own birthday cake.
Since no one else in my house generally eats these things, I wanted to bring it to work. There are a couple folks who follow gluten-free and dairy-free diets, so I wanted to make a GF, DF cake.
I found a carrot cake recipe from Paleo Running Momma, that looked pretty good, but I just couldn't bring myself to make it. It seemed a bit involved and there were a couple ingredients I needed to get from the store. I made the frosting though and put it in the freezer until I made the cake part. After a couple weeks, Dana from Minimalist Baker posted a raw carrot cake. I had all the ingredients, so I decided to switch gears and make that instead.
It turned out pretty well. My food processor is pretty small, so I had to make everything in several batches. This made things take quite a bit longer. I don't think I will make this cake again, because of the food processor issue, and it's fairly dense, but it is tasty. The frosting is very "coconutty" and not very "cream-cheesy." I might try to use tofutti/Trader Joes non-dairy cream cheese if I were ever to try a non-dairy "cream cheese" frosting again.
