Vegan Almond Carrot Cake
Vegan carrot cake - juicy, rich carrot cake quickly prepared with healthy ingredients. Prepare this delicious vegan carrot cake without sugar and highly processed oils. With this Easter cake, you have the feeling that you are eating something healthy, thanks to the carrots and apricots it contains. This cake is served with a delicious layer of healthy frosting and chopped pistachios and orange peel.vegan | oil-free | dairy-free | egg-free | sugar-free | lactose-free | soy-free | healthy | whole food plant-based
Servings 8 " springform
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup 30 g apricots, dried and soaked
- ¼ cup 60 g almond butter
- ¼ cup 60 ml almond milk
- 6 tablespoon orange juice
- 2 tablespoon potato starch
- 3 ½ cups 175 g carrots (with skin and grated)
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup 100g spelt flour
- ½ cup 50 g ground almond
Decoration:
- Orange peel for decoration optional
- Chopped pistachios
Frosting:
- ½ cup 80 g cashews, soaked
- 1 ½ cans 400 g coconut cream, the firm part or 2 cans white beans, rinsed
- 30-60 g maple syrup or other sweetness
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Start with soaking the apricots and cashews separately.
- When the apricots are soft, add them to a high speed blender with the almond butter, almond milk, orange juice and vanilla extract and mix until there are no more pieces.
- Mix the flour with the almond flour, potato starch, cinnamon and baking powder. Now grate the carrots and add the remaining ingredients and stir the dough into a homogeneous dough.
- Take two 8 inch (20-22cm) springforms and line them with parchment paper. Pour half of the dough into each springform pan and bake at 350°F ( 175°C) for approx. 30 min.
- When the dough is baked, take the cakes out of the oven and let them cool completely.
- In the meantime, prepare the frosting.
- To do this, rinse the soaked cashews and place all the ingredients for the frosting in a high speed blender and blend until you have a cream. Take the finished frosting and put it in the fridge until the cake has cooled.