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Steps to Make Favorite Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting)

 ·  ☕ 4 min read  ·  ✍️ Minerva Mitchell

Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting)
Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting)

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, vegan carrot cake (& frosting). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is something that I have loved my whole life.

Plant-based food made with the simplest ingredients for a taste you'll love. Stir the dry mixture into the wet mixture. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg into a mixing bowl. Add the grated carrot and the brown sugar.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook vegan carrot cake (& frosting) using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting):
  1. Get Cake:
  2. Take 2 1/4 cups flour (Half spelt, half all-purpose flour)
  3. Prepare 3 tsp baking powder
  4. Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
  5. Get 3 tsp cinnamon
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  7. Prepare 1 tsp salt
  8. Make ready 1/2 cup applesauce
  9. Make ready 1 cup almond milk
  10. Get 2 tsp vanilla
  11. Take 1 cup cane sugar
  12. Take 1/2 cup (melted) coconut or canola oil
  13. Take 2 cups grated carrots, medium-packed
  14. Make ready Frosting:
  15. Get 1/2 cup raw macadamia nuts (soaked, drained, and rinsed)
  16. Make ready 1/2 cup raw cashews (soaked, drained, and rinsed)
  17. Make ready 1/4 cup almond milk
  18. Prepare 1/4 cup maple syrup
  19. Take 2 tbsp coconut oil
  20. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla
  21. Take 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
  22. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt

This recipe is unique not only because it's a plant-based carrot cake but also because it's free of vegan butter, refined sugar, and vegan cream cheese. 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.

Steps to make Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting):
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the applesauce, almond milk, vanilla, sugar and oil.
  4. Mix the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients.
  5. Fold in the carrots and stir until just combined.
  6. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cake cool completely before frosting.
  7. 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.
  8. Chill frosting for at least 30 minutes before spreading on the cake.
  9. Store frosted cake in the fridge.

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. A great carrot cake should be moist, not-too-sweet, appropriately spiced, and tender. This vegan carrot cake recipe hits all of the right notes and is made with everyday ingredients. I can't tell you this cake is healthy, raw, or gluten-free, but I can tell you it's delicious and easy to make.

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