Healthy Vegan Carrot Cake With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing
This Healthy Vegan Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing is so soft, moist + delicious! Feel free to eat this carrot cake with or without the icing!
INGREDIENTS
DRY INGREDIENTS
2 cups spelt flour*
½ tbsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp sea salt
1½ tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp nutmeg, ½ tsp ground ginger
⅓ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
WET INGREDIENTS
2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flax seed + 6 tbsp water)
6 tbsp orange juice*
1 tsp orange zest
½ tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup applesauce*
½ tbsp vanilla extract
¼ cup dark brown cane sugar (or dark brown sugar)*
½ cup maple syrup
1½ cups finely grated carrots
VEGAN CREAM CHEESE ICING
½ cup raw cashews soaked in boiling water for 30 minutes or overnight
1½ tbsp maple syrup
1½ - 2 tsp lemon juice
pinch sea salt
¼ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp cinnamon
INSTRUCTIONS
INGREDIENTS
DRY INGREDIENTS
2 cups spelt flour*
½ tbsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp sea salt
1½ tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp nutmeg, ½ tsp ground ginger
⅓ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
WET INGREDIENTS
2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flax seed + 6 tbsp water)
6 tbsp orange juice*
1 tsp orange zest
½ tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup applesauce*
½ tbsp vanilla extract
¼ cup dark brown cane sugar (or dark brown sugar)*
½ cup maple syrup
1½ cups finely grated carrots
VEGAN CREAM CHEESE ICING
½ cup raw cashews soaked in boiling water for 30 minutes or overnight
1½ tbsp maple syrup
1½ - 2 tsp lemon juice
pinch sea salt
¼ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp cinnamon
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