Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, vegan carrot cake (& frosting). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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:
- Prepare 2 1/4 cups flour (Half spelt, half all-purpose flour)
- Make ready 3 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
- Get 3 tsp cinnamon
- Make ready 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 cup applesauce
- Make ready 1 cup almond milk
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
- Get 1 cup cane sugar
- Take 1/2 cup (melted) coconut or canola oil
- Make ready 2 cups grated carrots, medium-packed
- Make ready Frosting:
- Get 1/2 cup raw macadamia nuts (soaked, drained, and rinsed)
- Prepare 1/2 cup raw cashews (soaked, drained, and rinsed)
- Take 1/4 cup almond milk
- Prepare 1/4 cup maple syrup
- Get 2 tbsp coconut oil
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla
- Prepare 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
Steps 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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