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Gluten Free Carrot Cake Mug Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting 720p 24fps
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Jul 23, 2025
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Yes, you can bake a healthier
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gluten-free carrot cake in a mug in the
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microwave in less than 2 minutes.
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My gluten-free carrot cake mug cake is
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made with almond flour, carrots,
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coconut, maple syrup, and golden
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raisins. Then, it's topped with a simple
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almond butter caramel and cream cheese
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frosting. You can enjoy it right from
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the mug or slice it into two fancier
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mini cakes. We're going to begin by
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prepping our carrot. And you can use one
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or two baby carrots depending on how
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strong you want that carrot flavor to
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be. I'm going to go ahead and just use
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one. And then I'll just take my
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zestester and quickly grate my carrot.
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And honestly, this is probably the most
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timeconuming step of the entire recipe.
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And this will give you a good tablespoon
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of shredded carrot. To make this super
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easy carrot cake batter, we're going to
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start with a small bowl. And we're going
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to add one egg and one teaspoon of oil.
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And light olive oil is my favorite. And
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for some delicious flavor, we're going
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to add half a teaspoon of apple cider
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vinegar, half a teaspoon of vanilla, 1
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tbsp of maple syrup, 1 tbsp of cane
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sugar, and then I'm using my mini whisk
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to whisk this together until it's well
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combined, but you could also use a fork.
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Now, we can add our dry ingredients,
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which includes 1/3 cup of almond flour,
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1/4 teaspoon of baking powder, and then
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to get that delicious carrot cake
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flavor, we're going to add three of our
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spices. Start with a four of a teaspoon
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of cinnamon. And then we're just going
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to give it a little dash of ginger. So
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just until we see a little bit come out
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and a little dash of nutmeg and a pinch
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of salt. And then we'll add a tablespoon
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of coconut and our one tbsp of shredded
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carrot. And then I'll simply whisk these
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together until well combined. When it
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comes to mugs, you can use any kind that
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you like, but you want to make sure that
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it can hold at least about 8 to 10
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ounces of liquid. And I have found that
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mugs with an even cylinder shape work
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best. So, first we want to spray it
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really well with some non-stick.
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One of my favorite ingredients in this
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mug cake is the golden raisins, but you
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can also use dark raisins. Because the
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raisins are a little bit heavier, they
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tend to sink in the batter. So, we're
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going to first pour in half of our cake
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batter into our mug. Then drop in about
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half a tablespoon of our raisins. And
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then add our remaining batter. And
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sprinkle in about another half
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tablespoon of raisins. And then you're
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going to want to microwave this anywhere
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between about a minute and 35 seconds
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and about a minute and 50 seconds. I
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have found that with my microwave, a
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minute and 45 seconds works best. As
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this is cooking, you're going to see
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that cake rise up above the height of
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the mug, but that is okay because it's
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going to come back down before it's
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done. So, in less than 2 minutes, we now
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have this very delicious carrot mug
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cake. Now, you will want to let this
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cool for at least 10 to 15 minutes. And
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then you can enjoy it right out of the
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mug. Or you can take it out of the mug
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and allow it to cool completely. So, I
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have a mug cake here that I cooked
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earlier and then allowed it to cool
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completely and then took it out of the
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mug. And then, I think it's really fun
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to cut it in half and place it on two
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plates. And then you have two adorable
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mini cakes. Now, you could simply enjoy
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these as is or you could top it with a
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little bit of whipped cream. But I'm
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going to show you how to make a really
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simple caramel sauce as well as some
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cream cheese frosting that I think takes
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these to another level. To make this
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super simple caramel sauce, we're going
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to start with almond butter. So, I'm
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just going to add about 1 tbsp to my
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bowl. And then I'll add 1 tbsp of maple
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syrup and a pinch of salt. And then I'll
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just start stirring this together. Now,
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we want this to have a pourable
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consistency so that we can drizzle it
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over our cake. And right now it's a
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little bit too thick. So I'm just going
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to add in some milk. And I'm using
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almond milk. I'll add two teaspoons. And
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then stir this together. And now we have
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a nice pouable consistency. Now to make
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a small serving of cream cheese
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frosting, I find it works really well to
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use whipped cream cheese. You could use
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block cream cheese, but you'll need it
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to be room temperature so that you can
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stir it smooth. But with the whipped
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cottage cheese, you can use it cold
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right out of the fridge. So I'm just
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going to scoop out about 2 tablespoons
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and put it into my bowl. And then add
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about a half a teaspoon of some butter
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and a tablespoon of some powdered sugar.
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And then with a fork, we'll just start
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mixing these together. And then you can
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do a quick little pinky test. And then
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you can add a little more powdered sugar
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if you want to be a little bit on the
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sweeter side. Now you could just spread
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the frosting right on top of the cake.
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But to make it really easy and slightly
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decorative, I'm just going to take a
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snack size bag and drop in my frosting
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and clip out the corner. And then I'll
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gently squeeze the frosting towards the
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open corner. Okay. So now we have our
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caramel drizzle as well as our cream
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cheese frosting. So now we can assemble
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our carrot cake. So I'm going to start
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by drizzling over a spoonful of our
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caramel sauce. And then I'll push it
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towards the edges so you get some really
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beautiful drips. And then I'll pipe on
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some of our cream cheese frosting.
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And we'll just make a nice swirl on top.
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And then to make it extra fancy, I'm
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going to sprinkle on a little bit of
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toasted coconut. And now we have a very
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adorable carrot mini cake that no one
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will guess was made in a microwave. Make
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sure I get a bite with all three layers.
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That is delicious.
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I can't get over how cute that is. I
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love biting into that really moist and
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fluffy sponge and then getting those
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soft golden raisins are so yummy and
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have so much flavor. And then getting
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that caramel drizzle on top is so good
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and so yummy. and tasting the cream
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cheese frosting just brings in the
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perfect amount of sweetness and brings
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it all together. Now, of course, this is
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a treat and will need to be eaten in
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moderation, but I love knowing that it's
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made with clean, natural ingredients,
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which means I'm going to feel just as
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good even after I eat it. And I love
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sharing my creatively healthy recipes so
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that you can enjoy them, too. Well,
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thank you so much for hanging out with
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me today in my kitchen. And I've
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included a link to the full recipe in
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the video description below, which takes
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you to my website, gentlemy.com.
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