Vegan Carrot Cake

Today I had the desire to do my own version of a vegan carrot cake which is pretty simple, nothing too fancy except the frosting! I find the usual frosting too sweet and thought I try something new and combine fresh ingredients with some nuts which turned out pretty amaaazing. It tastes just as I expected and even better because of the frosting, yuuum!

Vegan Carrot Cake
2016-02-27 16:50:01

Yields 8
A delicious and moist carrot cake with carrot cashew icing, enjoy!
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
1 hr
For the dough
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1 cup grated walnuts
- 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
- 1/2 cup vegan butter (softened)
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1.5 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp salt
For the icing
- 1/3 carrots
- 1/3 walnuts
- 1 tbsp cashew cream (you can use any nut spread)
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325ยฐF (162ยฐC) degrees
- Grease and flour a 9-inch or 22 cm round baking dish
- In a large bowl, whisk the applesauce, vanilla, vegan butter, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, sugar, flour and milk together until combined. Add carrots and walnuts
- Spread batter evenly in baking pan and bake for 45 minutes
- Place all ingredient for the topping in a food processor and blend until smooth (if not smooth enough add more nut cream)
- Evenly cover the top with the cream and decorate with carrot flakes. I used almond flakes cause I didn't had any carrots anymore, enjoy! ๐
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