Steps to Prepare Award-winning Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting)
Cole Waters 08/07/2020 04:10
Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting)
Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, vegan carrot cake (& frosting). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular 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 can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting):
Make ready Cake:
Get 2 1/4 cups flour (Half spelt, half all-purpose flour)
Take 3 tsp baking powder
Take 1 tsp baking soda
Make ready 3 tsp cinnamon
Take 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Get 1 tsp salt
Get 1/2 cup applesauce
Take 1 cup almond milk
Take 2 tsp vanilla
Make ready 1 cup cane sugar
Take 1/2 cup (melted) coconut or canola oil
Take 2 cups grated carrots, medium-packed
Take 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
Take 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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