Vegan Captivating Carrot Cake Bosh TV

Captivating Carrot Cake

  • Simple
  • 0:40 m
  • 19 ingredients

The lovely Ellie from Kind State of Mind came into our kitchen & helped us make this mega carrot cake. It was really, REALLY tasty.

Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 320g brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
  • 6 tbsp warm water
  • 120ml soy milk
  • 250g carrots - grated
  • 120ml olive oil
  • 100g sultanas
  • 240 plain flour
  • salt

For the icing

  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 75 plant-based butter
  • 450 icing sugar

For decorating

  • lemon zest
  • walnuts

Before you start

Preheat oven to 180°C l 20 cm greased cake tin l Hand blender l Food processor

Step 1

Make the cake mixture

  • Form a flaxseed paste binder, as an egg alternative, by adding 6 tbsp of warm water to 2 tbsp of ground flaxseed, and mix it together until you have a paste 
  • Put all the cake ingredients (apart from the sultanas & crated carrot) into a food processor & whizz them up into a paste
  • Pour the paste into a bowl, add the sultanas & carrot & mix it all together with a wooden spoon

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 320g brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
  • 6 tbsp warm water
  • 120ml soy milk
  • 250g carrots - grated
  • lemon zest
  • 120ml olive oil
  • 100g sultanas
  • 240 plain flour
  • salt

Step 2

Bake the cake

  • Pour the mixture into a cake tin
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes, and a skewer comes out clean

Step 3

Meanwhile, make the icing

  • Pour the icing ingredients into a bowl & mix it together until it turns into a thick cream
  • Use an electric hand blender to finish off the icing

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 75 plant-based butter
  • 450 icing sugar

Step 4

Finish and serve

  • Take the cake out of the oven & let it rest until it's completely cool (the cake needs to be cool in order to ice it properly)
  • Ice the cake
  • Decorate the cake with walnuts & lemon zest

Ingredients

  • walnuts