Hello everyone and welcome to Leelalicious! My name is Regina and I'm going to show
you how to make healthy carrot cake bars
using coconut flour.
This carrot cake is of course delicious,
but it also happens to be gluten free,
paleo, clean eating and I'm also
including a low-carb option. Let's start
with the star ingredient: carrots! We need 1 cup of shredded carrots, which is just about
1 large carrot grated on the large side
of your box grater. Or you can also use
the shredding disc of your food
processor. Now put the carrots aside and
let's get out a large bowl. To the bowl
let's add the wet ingredients first. We
need 4 eggs, 6 tablespoons of maple syrup. My little helper who is home with me
right now, insisted on adding that for me.
You can also replace the maple syrup
with any kind of other liquid sweetener
including sugar-free syrup for a low carb
version. Then add 1/3 cup of coconut oil
and 1/4 cup of dairy free milk of your
choice. As last wet ingredient 1 teaspoon
of vanilla extract and now let's whisk
all these wet ingredients together until
they're well combined. On top of the wet
mixture ,now let's add the dry
ingredients. First up 1/2 cup of coconut
flour, 1/4 cup of tapioca starch or
arrowroot powder, 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of
baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
As well as 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and
1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg. Whisk in
those dry ingredients to form a smooth
batter. Lastly add in the shredded
carrots, and optionally 1/3 cup of
toasted walnuts or pecans and 1/3 cup of
finely chopped or crushed pineapple. Fill
the batter into a parchment lined square
8 inch baking dish. Now bake the carrot
cake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes. For healthier frosting you have several
options. You can use whipped coconut
cream. I'm going to link the recipe for
that below. Or use half a cup of cream
cheese or thick Greek yogurt or a dairy
free Greek yogurt alternative. Add that
to a bowl together with 2 tablespoons of
maple syrup and half a teaspoon of
vanilla extract. Whisk these three
ingredients together until they're
smooth and combined.
And the frosting is ready. To make the
frosting look a little bit more fancy,
you can make a swirl pattern using a
spatula or the back of a spoon. And there
we go. Our healthy carrot cake bars are
ready to enjoy. These are a perfect
healthier Easter treat, but honestly we
love carrot cake any time of year. Thank
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soon. Bye for now!
