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