Showing posts with label Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Vegan Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting


Ingredients (Cake):

1 cup canola oil
3 "eggs" (ground flax seed or egg replacer)
3 cups shredded carrot
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon or pie spice

Steps (Cake):

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. Mix all of the wet ingredients and the sugar in a bowl until well mixed.

3. Add the carrots and mix.

4. In a separate bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.

5. Once both bowls are well mixed, combine to form batter.

6. Pour into a greased 9 by 13 cake pan.

7. Bake for about 40 minutes

Serves 12

Ingredientss (Frosting):

3 tablespoons vegan butter
3 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4-8 tablespoons soy milk
4 oz vegan cream cheese

Steps (Frosting):

1. Beat confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract, vegan butter and vegan cream cheese with an electric mixer

2. Slowly add soy milk (1 tablespoon at a time for correct consistency).

3. Refrigerate frosting for 15-20 minutes before frosting cake