Gluten Free Carrot Cake Cake was very good. Although we like pineapple in our carrot cake, I used a small can of crushed pineapple and the juice and left out the water. I also mixed the walnuts and pecans. Use the frosting recipe from my regular recipe, 2 packs of cream cheese, 1 tsp of vanilla and 1 1/4 c powder sugar. Everyone thought it was yummy. I had a larger group and made two cakes for a layer cake.