Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, vegan carrot cake (& frosting). One of my favorites. 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 favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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:
- Make ready 2 1/4 cups flour (Half spelt, half all-purpose flour)
- Make ready 3 tsp baking powder
- Take 1 tsp baking soda
- Take 3 tsp cinnamon
- Prepare 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup applesauce
- Take 1 cup almond milk
- Take 2 tsp vanilla
- Take 1 cup cane sugar
- Prepare 1/2 cup (melted) coconut or canola oil
- Take 2 cups grated carrots, medium-packed
- Get Frosting:
- Get 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
- Make ready 2 tbsp coconut oil
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla
- Get 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.
So that’s going to wrap this up with this exceptional food vegan carrot cake (& frosting) recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I’m sure that you can make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!