I love carrot cake with creamy cream cheese frosting. As a matter of fact, my last non-vegan meal involved just that. It was a birthday treat and it was a really good way to go.
When I started thinking about being vegan, I just thought that that would be it. I was no longer going to have creamy or rich food again. I thought, as many other people I’m sure think, that I’d be eating salads all day, every day. If you’re reading this blog, I think you know that I’m not so into eating boring food.
Rich food rocks. There is no reason to think that you can’t eat well without eating animal products.
- Yield: 12
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
Carrot Cake with “Cream Cheese” Frosting
This cake would make Bugs Bunny proud to be a vegan.
Ingredients
- Cake
- carrots - 3 cups, shredded
- sugar - 1 1/4 cups
- 70% whole wheat flour - 2 cups
- salt - 1/2 teaspoon
- baking powder - 1 tablespoon
- baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon
- cinnamon - 2 teaspoons
- soy milk - 1/2 cup
- oil - 3/4 cup
- raisins - 1 cup
- Frosting
- vegan cream cheese - 1 cup
- powdered sugar - 2 cups
- vanilla - 1 teaspoon
Instructions
Cake:
- Mix together dry ingredients.
- Add wet ingredients, carrots and raisins and mix well.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
- Cool on rack and frost.
Frosting:
- Mix it all up in a mixer.
- Frost cake and eat.
Most people add margarine in their frosting. That works for creating a good, thick frosting. This one is a bit more sticky. Although I do cook with margarine, I try to use as little as possible. Since this cake doesn’t use any margarine, it just seemed wrong to add it into the frosting. If you like the more traditional frosting, just add in 1/2 c. margarine when you mix it up.
Now that I have this recipe up on the blog, my kids can make this one for my next birthday. It’s just as yummy, and great way to celebrate eating kindly.
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I look forward to trying this recipe…I definitely remember your birthday carrot cake…:)
I’m sure that you do 😉
Hint hint, kids…
I’ve already warned Shira. 🙂