Make Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Using KitchenAid Stand Mixer Accessories

Even those maintaining a healthy diet are allowed to enjoy some delicious recipes once in a while. While on a diet, you can make a gluten-free carrot cake to satisfy your sugar cravings. While cake-making is considered a labour-intensive task, when made using various KitchenAid stand mixer accessories you can do it without any hassle. Gluten-free carrot cake is a recipe that would be loved by your health conscious family members. Continuing on the topic, in this blog post, we will discuss how to prepare gluten-free carrot cake using various KitchenAid stand mixer accessories. Read on.

Ingredients

Cake

• Virgin coconut oil - ½ cup
• Almond flour - 3 cups
• Kosher salt - 1 ½ tsp
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Ground cardamom - 1 tsp
• Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp
• Ground ginger - 1 tsp
• Baking soda - 1 tsp
• Large eggs - 5
• Dark brown sugar - 1 ¼ cups
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Carrots, coarsely shredded and squeezed firmly to get rid of excess water - 10 oz.
• Shredded coconut (unsweetened) - ¾ cup
• Walnuts - ¾
• Golden raisins - ½ cup

Frosting and Assembly

• Cheese cream - 8 oz.
• Butter (unsalted) - ½ cup
• Gluten-free sugar (powdered) - 1 ¼ cups
• Greek yogurt - ⅓ cup
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Kosher salt - 1 pinch

Recipe

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease parchment-lined round cake pans with oil and dust them with some almond flour.
• Add salt, baking powder, cinnamon, cardamom, baking soda, ginger, and 3 cups of flour in a large bowl.
• Attach your KitchenAid stand mixer accessory - beater - to the electric mixer and into a large bowl start beating eggs and brown sugar until it turns more than triple in volume.
• Now, add some vanilla extract and beat that as well.
• In a separate medium-sized bowl toss carrots, raisins, coconut, and the remaining ½ a cup of oil.
• Reduce the speed of the mixture to low and add 3 additions of flour mixture and then 3 additions of carrot mixture to the egg mixture. Ensure you beat the mixture well after each addition.
• Add the prepared batter in the pans, bake until lightly brown which would take at least 33-36 minutes.
• Once baked and out of the oven, let the cake cool for a few minutes and release it from the pan. Finally, let it cool completely.

Frosting and Assembly

• In a stand mixer attach the wire whisk and start beating cream cheese and butter in a large bowl at a medium-high speed. Continue until it turns very smooth.
• Now reduce the mixer speed and add some powdered sugar.
• Add some yogurt, salt, and vanilla extract to it and increase the speed from medium to high.
• Whisk the ingredients again until it turns light and airy.
• Chill the mixture to let it stiffen slightly to reach a separable consistency.
• Finally, take the cake you have prepared and cover it with one-third frostig from top and sides.

Wrap Up

Cooking and baking might seem an arduous task, but with the help of the right equipment, you can make the most difficult recipes without much hassles. A wire whisk, food processor, or dough hook are some of the basic KitchenAid stand mixer accessories that simplifies your work in the kitchen. Buying kitchen equipment is like a long-term investment which is why you must always invest on high-quality products from reputable brands such as KItchenAid.