Libby's Carrot Cake Review

Ingredients:

Low Carb Carrot Cake

• 3 cups grated carrot
• 5 eggs
• 200g / 7 oz butter melted
• 3 tbsp granulated stevia or sweetener of choice to taste
• 1 ½ cups ground almonds
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• ½ cup shredded unsweetened coconut

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 200g cream cheese
• 1-2 tbs granulated stevia, or sweetener of choice, to taste

Instructions:

Low Carb Carrot Cake

1. Beat eggs, melted butter, stevia, and vanilla together.
2. Add grated carrot, walnuts, and coconut then mix ground almonds, spices and baking powder.
3. Pour into a greased and lined tin. Bake at 180C/350F for 30 minutes or until a fork pushed in, comes out clean.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Warm the cream cheese in the microwave for 20 seconds to soften it.
2. Stir in 1-2 tbs stevia or sweetener of choice.
3. You could also add some lemon zest to give it more flavour. This would add a small number of carbs.
4. Cover with cream cheese frosting.

Nutritional information:

• Serving size: 1 slice iced (43.1g)
• Calories: 321kcal
• Fat: 31.6g (73%)
• Carbohydrates: 5.8g (13%)
• Sugar: 2.9g
• Fibre: 2g
• Protein: 5.7g (13%)