Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger: Carrot Cake

This my first time participating in Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger! I adopted Vittoria from Deliciously Gluten free and made her Carrot Cake. I met Vittoria (online) shortly after I started my gluten free blog. She is a great friend and a great addition to the gluten-free blogging community! She also posts recipes that comply to the SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet), so be sure to check out her blog.

I had to substitute for Rhubarb because it was not in season. I did some research and found out that the growing season is from April to September. I want to try this again when I can get some rhubarb, because I am very curious to see how that will taste! Instead of 1 cup of rhubarb, I used 1/2 cup of carrot and 1/2 cup of celery in addition to what the recipe called for carrot and celery. I also had to leave out the pecans because my daughter is allergic to nuts, so we don't have any nuts in the house.

I made this for Thanksgiving, and we couldn't wait to try it so we decided to eat dessert before we had our Thanksgiving meal :)

The colors were so beautiful.

Here is the final batter, ready to go in the oven.

Making the frosting is almost my favorite part :)

This is my first time decorating a cake, beyond just simply icing it.

I tried to add some juice from a carrot to make the icing orange to add some final touches, but....

It didn't quite work. We laughed that it was more like mustard. But for the sake of pride, I shall call it Buttercup Yellow.

The cake was so beautiful, I had a hard time not taking photos of it. We really enjoyed this cake, and towards the end of nearly devouring it, we sprinkled on some shredded coconut which also added a nice flavor.

last picture.. really.. promise!
 

Thanks so much to Vittoria for loaning her Carrot Cake recipe! And thanks to Sea at Book of Yum for hosting, I really enjoyed participating and I can't wait to see what other bloggers made!

I hope that everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving. I made some bbq tempeh and pinto beans which were a big hit. I will post the recipe soon. My mom made an amazing goldenberry cornbread stuffing, which I will also be posting the recipe for soon.

I am thankful for my gluten-free Thanksgiving. Last year, I did not know I had celiac disease. My symptoms were just beginning to manifest. After a gluten-filled thanksgiving dinner, I had a horrible stomach ache. This year, after my gluten-free thanksgiving dinner, I felt thankful and did not have a stomach ache :)

 -heather