Comments on: Frosted Carrot Cake OMM with Pecans

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:46:20 +0000

I made this as a 9×9 “cake”. Family loved it. Super easy to make. Will make again to see if I can freeze and vacuum pack individual pieces sans frosting. I love freezing and vacuuming everything. Will let you know how it turns out.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 03:24:59 +0000

This is delicious and tastes like a luxury!
---Reply posted by DJ on 11/29/2017
YAY!! I'm glad you like it! I LOVE the frosting! :)

By: Anne Wilks

Anne Wilks — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:54:31 +0000

Just curiosity but what does OMM stand for please?
---Reply posted by DJ on 10/14/2017
Hi Anne! One Minute Muffin. Also known as Muffins in a Minute and Mug Cakes. I hope this helps. Enjoy! :-D

By: Lorna

Lorna — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 02:35:06 +0000

I just made this to serve as my birthday cake, and it was fabulous! Instead of making it in a mug, however, I made it in two silicone cupcake baking cups, which cut the carb count in half. It made two perfect sized cupcakes, one for my birthday and one as an added bonus the day after. Both tasted great! P.S. It didn’t require all of the icing, either, so I ended up with about a tablespoon of that left over as well. Now I’m planning to find a cinnamon roll one minute muffin and use the left over icing on that.

By: tj bland

tj bland — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:36:59 +0000

Well I dont think carrots are evil ! I even eat them as a diabetic! I know i know horror or horrors and ultimate sin and a root veggie at that. But taking the time to grate them by hand and fine setting blech blech blech. So i fianlly decided i needed carrot cake bad enough to dig out the grater . I quadrupled the recipe. So in actually it took 9/10 of a carrot to make 8 tbl, of finely grated carrot , and wasnt actually that bad , took under two minutes and that included me trying to gather up and chase little shreds around and get them in the measuring spoon.the whole carrot was 7 carbs. that is with fiber included .so net would be even less.

I used a little less swerve because I didnt have enough. Didnt add raisins ,cut the nut meg in half , I dont like raisins and a lot of nut meg . Added the pecan chips. this recipe is a very giving or forgiving recipe. It turned out great !I have made alot of low carb carrot cakes by alot of the greats in the low carb baking world, and I am talking big names.This was by far the best recipe I have ever tried! It tastes like carrot cake! I loved it !

Now for those of you wondering when you pull it out of the microwave if you did some thing wrong? is thing just really huge ? Its really huge ! i cut them all of them in half and got two per mug. It was very filling too. heavenly! If your not a big eater or making this for a snack not a meal , you can very easily get two servings out of this. Which makes it half the carbs.

Now the frosting ughghgh mixing cream cheese and butter ? , well if its nice and soft sitting out at room temp like the instructions say , you can just mix it right up with a fork , no beaters easy as pie ! no lumps in mine doing it that way either ! the Frosting tastes amazing, its heavely and really really brings out the flavors of the carrot cake. I quadrupled the frosting recipe as well with no problems.I did cut back on the swerve in this becuse I dont want to over the swerve and take a chnce of beconing intolerant to it. I am very sensative to somany things enviornmentally and dietary wise. still tasted amazing , i added in a little liquid splenda because I know I am not sensative to that in large doses.frosting is still amazing even using just 2/3 of the sugar. I love this recipe. Just for clarification I made the cinnamon roll omm and the frosting to go with it exactly per the instructions , when I say it still tastes amazing with lower swerve if that is a concern for you, I have had the original and its amazing too .so i do have a basis for comparison.

I have been low carbing for years and I am here to tell you this one is keeper and worth the effort! and doesnt really take as much effort as it sounds like. If you love it as much as I did you will want to expand the recipe and it is very simple,multiply {{ or count on your fingers if its pre coffee)) the ingredients by 4 and no alterations are needed!

Thanks again DJ

sincerely TJ

this Rrecipe is fabulous , THanks DJ for taking the time to formulate this , I havent had a omm since i tried the original flax nastyness ! blech blech blech , havent has the urge to try one since then either ! your almond flour , flax baking powder mix with swereve is nothinbg like the original ! and i mean NOTHING !

---Reply posted by DJ on 6/11/2015
WOW! Thanks for the write-up and all the kind words, TJ! This should really up several others in determining whether to do this. I think ... a very fine vote of confidence! Yep, these are not small. It's just tough to do a single size serving that is well balanced, when a full egg is involved. The end result is quite large, but... as you said ... you can split it! I know many that do this and then toast up the halves fresh, then frost and enjoy. YUM! Thanks again! :)

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 01:39:43 +0000

Just have to say delish!!! Just made this for the first time and love it.
---Reply posted by DJ on 4/28/2015
YAY!!!! :)

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 20:14:18 +0000

I don't like to use the microwave. It seems a shame to cook healthy and then cook it in the microwave.
---Reply posted by DJ on 3/5/2015
I personally far prefer to bake them, but I'd rather people use their microwaves than pick up a small pack of mini-doughnuts at the convenience store. Everyone is at different places in their story ... for some a microwave is the better move.

By: Christin

Christin — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:32:50 +0000

these are awesome! I add pineapple and raisins, plus more carrots and nuts then called for. Ive made my weight goal so I can now add some carbs into my diet?? The Cinnamon Roll OMM is equally amazing. Even day after these are good. I like to zap them for 30 secs.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:58:37 +0000

Is there a no nut option?
---Reply posted by DJ on 1/15/2015
Sure! Leave out the pecans and use sunflour (flour made from sunflower seeds) in place of the almond meal. That should do it! :)

By: DJ Foodie

DJ Foodie — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:08:59 +0000

Hi Eliza and Demi. Sorry about the delay! I?ve been moving. In any event ? Demi ? I love you more! ;) Eliza, yep! For the most part, you can multiply any recipe and it should work. Things start to fall apart when you make MASSIVE portions, but ? making a recipe double or triple is totally fine. For this, I?d multiply the recipe by about 8 times. That should give you enough batter for 12 muffins. Because things start falling apart above a multiplier of 3 ? I tweaked the numbers, below. Bake at 350 F for about 13 to 15 minutes. Here?s the updated amounts: Batter 1 cup golden flaxseed meal 1 cup almond meal 1 cup 'Swerve' or other sugar equivalent 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tbsp cinnamon, ground 1 tsp nutmeg, freshly ground 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup grated raw carrot 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans 8 large eggs 2 1/2 fresh whole butter, melted 2 tsp vanilla extract Frosting 3/4 cup full fat cream cheese, warmed 1/2 cup fresh whole butter, softened 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar equivalent 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt I hope this helps!
---Reply posted by DJ on 4/12/2015
Daria ... Tablespoons. Whoops! :/
---Reply posted by Daria on 4/9/2015
Hi, I was wondering how much butter? 2 1/2 fresh whole butter, melted