🍰 🥕 BEST EVER CARROT CAKE!🥕 🍰

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Hey guys, I don't get on here as much as I'd like these days but thought I'd pop in quickly to share this amazing cake I made over Easter! It was a massive hit and my whole family (all omni) said it was the best carrot cake they've ever had- such a massive win for veganism! 🥕

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It requires quite a lot of ingredients but is really pretty simple to make, so it's easy to impress with this no-fuss recipe!

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Cake ingredients:

• 270g carrots
• 135g walnuts
• 1 orange
• 135g sultanas
• 400g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 240g soft light brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 400ml soya milk
• 160 ml vegetable oil

For the lemon buttercream icing:

• 3 and 3/4 cups (450g) icing sugar
• 3 Tbsp vegan butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
• The juice of one lemon

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Method:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease two 9 inch cake tins.

• Peel, trim and grate the carrots into a bowl.

• Put the walnuts in a plastic zip lock bag and crush with a rolling pin until they are evenly crushed.

• Add the walnuts to the carrots along with the zest of the orange into and the sultanas.

• Next, add the flour, baking powder, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl.

• Mix the soya milk and oil in a jug, then tip them into the large bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix until combined and the batter is fairly smooth.

• Add the carrot, walnuts, orange zest and sultanas and stir until fully combined.

• Divide the cake mixture between the two tins.

• Bake for 25-30 minutes until a knife or skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack and leave until fully cool.

• Meanwhile add the icing sugar, vegan butter, vanilla, apple cider vinegar and lemon juice to a bowl and mix with a hand blender.

• If your frosting ends up too thin, add more powdered sugar. If it is too thick, add a little water.

• Add frosting to the top of one of the layers, then add the other layer on top and complete the frosting of the top and sides of the cake.

• Sprinkle crushed walnuts on top of the cake and serve.

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That's all there is to it. A super easy and extremely delicious, moist and fruity carrot cake, a total crowd-pleaser! This cake was even more delicious the next day, so if you can try to make it the day before you have guests over!

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I hope you enjoyed this post, if you did please upvote, comment, resteem and follow me on @lolzwithlisa for more delicious vegan recipes! If you end up making this cake please do send me a photo so I can see how yours turns out!

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