Frosted Vegan Carrot Cake

Serves 16
Time 1 hr

This recipe relies on unsweetened applesauce and almond milk to provide the classic moist texture of traditional carrot cake in a vegan form. If you prefer your layers to be a bit taller, use 8-inch cake pans, accounting for a few minutes of extra baking time.

Special Diets:

Dairy FreeDairy Free
VeganVegan
VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    Carrot Cake
    1 3/4 cupsall-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoonfine sea salt
    1 teaspoonbaking soda
    2 teaspoonsbaking powder
    1 1/2 teaspoonsground cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoongrated nutmeg
    1/2 teaspoonground ginger
    1 1/2 tablespoonsegg replacer
    1 cuplight brown sugar
    1/2 cupcanola oil
    1/2 cupalmond milk
    1/2 cupunsweetened applesauce
    1/3 poundcarrots, finely grated (about 1 1/2 cups)
    1/2 cupwalnuts or pecans, chopped
    1/2 cupseedless raisins
    Frosting
    1/2 cup(1 stick) non-hydrogenated margarine or vegan butter-substitute, room temperature
    1 poundsoy cream cheese, room temperature
    3/4 cuppowdered sugar
    1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract

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Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.


Line the bottoms of two (9-inch) round cake pans with parchment paper-rounds and lightly oil; set aside.


For the cake, put flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and egg replacer into a mixing bowl and whisk together to blend.


Put sugar in a separate large mixing bowl and whisk in oil, almond milk and applesauce.


When fully combined, add almond milk mixture to flour mixture and mix just until smooth.


Stir in carrots, walnuts and raisins, then divide batter evenly between the prepared cake pans.


Bake until golden brown and the center springs back gently when pressed, about 25 minutes.


Remove from oven and transfer to racks to let cool completely.


Meanwhile, make the frosting. Beat margarine in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.


Add cream cheese and mix until thoroughly blended and smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowls, as needed.


Slowly add sugar and vanilla and mix until blended.


Increase mixer speed slightly and continue mixing for 2 to 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Cover and set aside until ready to use.


Loosen the cake layers from the pans and remove the parchment paper.


Place a one layer, bottom side up, on a cake plate or pedestal.


Spoon about 1 cup of the frosting onto the top and spread it evenly.


Place the second cake layer, bottom side down, on top of the first, and frost the top and sides with remaining frosting.


Cover and chill until ready to serve or set aside to let set for 30 minutes, then cut into slices and serve.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

1/16 cake

Calories

590

Total Fat

32g

Saturated Fat

3g

Cholesterol

0mg

Sodium

640mg

Total Carbohydrate

72g

Dietary Fiber

3g

Total Sugars

47g

Protein

9g

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