Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, vegan carrot cake (& frosting). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook vegan carrot cake (& frosting) using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting):
- Take Cake:
- Make ready 2 1/4 cups flour (Half spelt, half all-purpose flour)
- Prepare 3 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
- Prepare 3 tsp cinnamon
- Get 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup applesauce
- Prepare 1 cup almond milk
- Prepare 2 tsp vanilla
- Get 1 cup cane sugar
- Make ready 1/2 cup (melted) coconut or canola oil
- Prepare 2 cups grated carrots, medium-packed
- Make ready Frosting:
- Make ready 1/2 cup raw macadamia nuts (soaked, drained, and rinsed)
- Make ready 1/2 cup raw cashews (soaked, drained, and rinsed)
- Prepare 1/4 cup almond milk
- Prepare 1/4 cup maple syrup
- Get 2 tbsp coconut oil
- Get 1 tsp vanilla
- Get 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions to make Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting):
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the applesauce, almond milk, vanilla, sugar and oil.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients.
- Fold in the carrots and stir until just combined.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cake cool completely before frosting.
- Make the frosting: combine all frosting ingredients into a high speed blender. Blend until very smooth for 1 to 2 minutes or more, scraping down the sides occasionally. You can add an extra tablespoon of milk if necessary to get your blade moving.
- Chill frosting for at least 30 minutes before spreading on the cake.
- Store frosted cake in the fridge.
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