Carrot and walnut cake (vegan). This moist, perfectly spiced vegan carrot cake recipe is SO delicious and easy to make! Top it with vegan cream cheese frosting or enjoy it on its own. I make this vegan carrot cake recipe for Jack's birthday each year.

Just right with a cup of tea. Vegan Carrot Cake, perfectly spiced and incredibly moist. Once you realize how easy this carrot cake is to make, you will find yourself making it over and over again! You can have Carrot and walnut cake (vegan) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Carrot and walnut cake (vegan)

Prepare 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil.
It's 1/2 cup of coconut sugar.
You need 1/2 cup of apple sauce.
You need 1 cup of spelt flour.
It's 1 tsp of bicarbonate of soda.
It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
Prepare 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
It's 1 tsp of ground cloves.
Prepare 1 tsp of ground cardamom.
You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
You need 250 g of carrots, grated - usually 4-5 carrots but of course depends on size.
It's 1/2 cup of walnuts.
You need of baked in a 450g / 1lb cake tin.

Stir the carrots into the dry ingredients, along with the maple syrup and rapeseed oil, and mix well. Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin, smooth the top with a rubber. The best vegan carrot cake recipe is creamy, delicious, and topped with a delicious, dairy free vegan cream cheese frosting. Bake this easy layered cake recipe complete with chopped walnuts, cinnamon spice and the ultimate tangy cream cheese carrot cake frosting today!

Carrot and walnut cake (vegan) instructions

Preheat oven to 190C. Line the tin with baking paper..
In a bowl mix the oil, sugar and apple sauce..
In a different bowl, mix all the dry ingredients except for the walnuts and carrots..
Make a little dip in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour the oil mixture in. Stir until all mixed together..
Add the walnuts and carrots and mix again..
Pour the mix into the tin and bake for about 1 hr 15mins... Test if it’s ready by putting a skewer into the middle, when it comes out clean... the cake is done..
Once baked, let it cool in the tin for 10-15 mins then turn it out onto a cooling rack. And it’s ready to eat! Enjoy 😋.

Carrot cake is not complete without the cream cheese frosting, so of course, it's also topped with a rich layer of just that. However, if you don't have access to vegan cream cheese then you can make your own or use whipped coconut cream. What makes this cake healthier than the rest is the use of olive. Vegan Carrot Cake Quick bread loaf with Cashew Cream Frosting. Moist, spiced with Cinnamon and Cardamom, full of carrots.