Vegan Carrot Cake
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 8-10 slices
 
A family favorite. Even though it's vegan it still tastes just as great and satisfies vegan and nonvegans alike.
Ingredients
  • 2¼ c flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ c oil (I used grapeseed oil)
  • ½ c organic brown sugar
  • ½ c organic raw sugar
  • 2 c grated carrots
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 c applesauce
  • ⅓ c almond milk (or milk of your choice)
  • ½ c walnuts, chopped
  • ⅓ c raisins
  • For the Frosting
  • 1 package vegan cream cheese (8 ounce) or regular cream cheese
  • ½ c vegan butter, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 c powdered sugar
  • ¼ c maple syrup
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9-inch cake pans, or a bundt pan or 9x13 inch baking dish, and dust with flour.
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, combing all dry ingredients except for sugars.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream brown sugar, raw sugar and oil together.
  4. Add the applesauce, vanilla, grated carrots and milk and mix together until well combined.
  5. Next, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until well combined.
  6. Stir in the walnuts and raisins.
  7. Divide the batter between the two cake pans or pour into the prepared bundt pan or baking dish.
  8. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
  9. Allow to cool 5 minutes, then remove cakes from pan by running a knife around the outside edges of the cakes, and flipping upside down (don't have to do this with the baking dish).
  10. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
  11. **Make sure to frost in between the layers with a thin layer of frosting, if using two cake pans. Frost the sides and top of the cake.
  12. Store in the fridge, covered.
  13. Enjoy
  14. For the Frosting:
  15. Cream together the cream cheese & butter.
  16. Next add the vanilla, powdered sugar and maple syrup.
  17. * if using a baking dish, cut the recipe half, you won't need as much frosting.
Recipe by Wholesomely Fit at https://wholesomelyfit.com/2016/09/21/vegan-carrot-cake/