Ingredients
1/3 cup McKenzie’s Rice Flour
1/3 cup McKenzie’s Cornflour
1 ½ tbs McKenzie’s Mixed Spice
2 tsps McKenzie’s Baking Powder
1 tsp McKenzie’s Bi-Carb Soda
1 cup McKenzie’s Almond Meal
1 cup McKenzie’s Hazelnut Meal
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 carrots, peeled, grated
2/3 cups McKenzie’s Californian Walnuts, chopped
4 large eggs, separated
250g cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup gluten free icing sugar
1 tbs orange juice
Method
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Preheat oven to 160oC. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper patty cases.
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Sift flours, spice, baking powder and bi-carb soda in a bowl. Stir in almond meal, hazelnut meal, sugar, carrot, half the walnuts and all the egg yolks. Mix well.
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In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Lightly fold into cake mixture.
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Spoon evenly into cases. Bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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To make cream cheese icing, beat cream cheese, icing sugar and orange juice in a bowl until well combined. Spread evenly over cakes. Sprinkle with remaining walnuts.