How to Make Delicious Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting)

Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting). Add the grated carrot and the brown sugar. This vegan carrot cake recipe is a riff on my mom's traditional recipe. That cake is Jack's all-time favorite dessert, so she makes it whenever she comes to visit.

This super easy vegan carrot cake is made with cinnamon applesauce to keep it nice and moist, which means that you don't need an egg-replacer or an egg substitute at all. While this does keep it simple and makes it virtually foolproof (and a great vegan cake recipe for new vegans or anyone new to baking to try), it also means that this carrot cake isn't super light and fluffy. This cake was very moist and a little crispy around the edges. You can cook Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting)

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

I also added a small handful of semi-sweet dairy free chocolate chunks. My friend who is vegan said this was the best carrot cake she ever had. For the cream cheese, I used the recipe from Minimalist Baker's Raw Vegan carrot cake recipe. Making a traditional carrot cake egg-free and dairy-free is relatively straightforward.

Vegan Carrot Cake (& Frosting) step by step

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..

Unlike with eggless vegan white cake, where replacing the structure from eggs is important, carrot cakes are more forgiving. Simply removing the eggs and adding some extra leavening does the trick. The best vegan carrot cake recipe is creamy, delicious, and topped with a delicious, dairy free vegan cream cheese frosting. Bake this easy layered cake recipe complete with chopped walnuts, cinnamon spice and the ultimate tangy cream cheese carrot cake frosting today! Packed with carrots, this vegan version of carrot cake, complete with tangy whipped frosting, is just as good as the original.

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