Gluten Free Carrot Cake With Orange Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups chickpea flour
3/4 cup cornstarch
2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup brown sugar
13 oz carrots, grated
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup sour cream
3 None large eggs, beaten
None None FOR THE ORANGE ICING
4 oz cream cheese
1 tsp orange zest
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F. Grease and line a deep 8 inch cake pan with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, sift flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and spice mix together. Stir in sugar, carrots and walnuts. Stir in oil, sour cream and eggs until smooth. Transfer to prepared pan and bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
Meanwhile, to make the orange icing, beat cream cheese and orange zest until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until smooth.
Let cake cool for 10 mins then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Spread orange icing over cake before serving.