Here is a delicious vegan carrot cake recipe. If you’ve been following my previous recipes, you know that I’m a huge fan of carrot cake recipes that are simple and delicious, and the one I’m about to share with you is no exception. As I said, this is a vegan recipe, meaning no animal products.
Some vegans prefer to ensure that all edible foods are free of animal ingredients. Many people go to great lengths to find this information. I recently watched a documentary highlighting animal products in foods that we often think are completely free of animal products. Jelly beans and marshmallows (gelatin), mustard (eggs), shortbread (shortening), and even some cereal. However, this recipe is 100% free of all animal products, so perfect for vegetarians.
The ingredients you need are as follows:
- 1 cup of soy milk
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 3 cups of flour
- 2 cups of water
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups raisins
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp allspice powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
Preparation instructions for this cake recipe:
1. Make sure your oven is preheated to 350°F (or preheated if you’re getting everything ready – about 10 minutes).
2. Combine the water, raisins, carrots, and spices in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 8 minutes. Add salt and sugar and simmer for another 2 minutes. Now mix the rest of the ingredients.
3. Turn off the stove and keep stirring gradually as the mixture cools.
4. In a large mixing bowl, combine the mixture of flour, baking powder, carrot and raisins. Fold the ingredients together.
5. Pour the batter into a lightly oiled baking tin and bake uncovered for about 50 minutes in the oven. Keep an eye on it after half an hour, because all ovens are slightly different. When it looks ready, poke the center of the cake with a toothpick, if no batter sticks to the toothpick, remove the pan from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.
That’s all you need to make this delicious vegan carrot cake recipe at home! I bet you think it’s going to get harder, don’t you? Let me know what you think!
Choosing Carrot Cake Frosting – some great ideas
There are some sweet pleasures we can’t live without. Carrot cake is one of them. It is sweet, relatively light, and very tasty. But nothing this delicious can be served without a good carrot cake frosting on top. You can choose from several delicious recipes. You should definitely learn more about each glaze available to you so that you can make the best choice.
The best carrot cake frosting is cream cheese frosting. Very tasty. You can choose recipes that require a lot of confectionery sugar. The smooth glossy finish of this frosting looks great. It also gives extra sweetness to the cake. Alternatively, you can opt for a cream cheese frosting with little or no added sugar. This way the taste of the cake will be the most important taste you will feel. Plus, each piece is lower in calories, which is great for all dieters.
The flavor of the frosting itself can be improved in a number of ways. You can easily add resin to it. Alternatively, you can add a teaspoon of orange zest to the mixture. Some carrot cake lovers prefer to add pineapple chunks, but this is a very taste-friendly option. Small pieces of peach may be a better alternative. Many people like to use cinnamon instead of classic vanilla when preparing their frostings. You also have the option of adding orange zest if you don’t like the idea of the zest.
You can add any coloring powder to make the carrot cake frosting unique. Orange and green are the obvious choices, but you can easily experiment. Or you can get garnish baby carrots made with sugar and put them on top.
