Ingredients
250 gr oat flour
¼ tsp salt
3 eggs
300 gr grated carrots
3 tbsp maple syrup
A pinch of grated nutmeg
1 heated tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
For the lemon frosting
75 gr cream cheese
Zest of a ½ lemon
Juice of a ½ lemon
1 tbsp icing sugar (or more if you like sweet frosting)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Place the eggs, maple syrup and coconut oil in the Thermomix bowl, Speed 4, 20 seconds.
Add the grated carrots and mix counterclockwise, Speed 3, 15 seconds.
Sieve all the other ingredients into the TM bowl.
Mix counterclockwise, Speed 4, 30 seconds or until nicely mixed.
Pour into a cake tin lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Take the cake out of the oven and let it cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting, simply mix the cream cheese, icing sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest until you get a spreadable consistency.
Smoother on top of the cool cake and sprinkle with more lemon zest. Bon appétit !
The recipe is gluten-free and nut-free.
The recipe can be made without the Thermomix.
Simply mix together the wet ingredients.
Sieve the dry ingredients in a bowl.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones and mix until you get a smooth batter.
Follow the rest of the recipe as above.