Carrot and Plum Cake - Gluten Free

Ingredients

  • 2 cups brown rice flour
  • 1 scant teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons bakiing soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon mpkin pie spice
  • 1 seaspoon dried lemon zest
  • 1 16oz can plums with some juice, or four 2 1/2oz jars baby prunes plus enouth water to make 1 1/4 cups
  • 3/4 cup liquid egg substitute
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 cups gratted carrots

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°.
  2. Spray a Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray and dust with rice flour.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, xanthan gum, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, spice, and lemon zest.
  4. Set aside.
  5. Drain the plums, reserving the juice; pit them and purée them in the food processor, adding enough of the reserved juice to make 1 ¼ cups.
  6. Combine the purée, egg substitute, and oil, beating to mix well.
  7. Stir into the flour mixture along with the grated carrots.
  8. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 our and 10 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
  9. Cool in pan 10 minutes before turning out.
  10. If desired, while still warm, drizzle on a thin icing of confectioners’ sugar mixed with fruit juice.

Note: I have always used the baby prunes and it works out well. I have also used a 9x13 pan as Dad likes this better than a Bundt pam. I made this cake for Lori and Beau’s wedding to take on their honeymoon. They really liked it.