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Carrot Cake Donuts + Maple Cream Cheese Icing (Gluten, grain, & refined sugar free)

Fall spiced Carrot Cake Donuts made with cassava flour for a gluten free, grain free, and refined sugar free breakfast treat!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword donuts, doughnuts, Gluten free, grain free
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Cooling & Icing 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 7 minutes
Servings 12 donuts

Ingredients

Donut Ingredients

Maple Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients

  • 1 8oz pkg cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 4 Tbsp pastured butter at room temperature (I used salted butter)
  • 1/2 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3 Tbsp pure maple syrup
  • chopped walnuts for sprinkling

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray donut tins (I have two tins that make 6 donuts each) with avocado oil spray. 
  • In a large mixing bowl, stir together dry ingredients (cassava flour through coconut)
  • Make a well in the center of the bowl and add the remaining four ingredients (eggs through carrots). Use a whisk to combine the wet ingredients, then gently incorporate dry ingredients until just mixed.
  • Transfer the donut batter into a gallon size Ziploc bag. Snip the corner with scissors to make a piping bag, then pipe a thick ring of batter into each well of the donut pans. (Batter should be about the same level as the top of the pan)
  • Bake for 12-15 min or until a toothpick inserted into one of the donuts comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool for 10 min or so, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • While the donuts are baking/cooling, combine icing ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. Transfer to a Ziploc bag and snip the corner so a thin drizzle of icing can be piped across the top of each donut. For a thicker icing layer, use a knife or spatula to spread icing over the top of each donut.
  • Sprinkle with chopped walnuts