Alright, listen up, cake lovers! This isn’t just any carrot cake—this is a plant-based, ridiculously moist, ‘wait, there’s no dairy in this?!’ kind of masterpiece. It’s the cake that even your skeptical family member (you know the one) will devour before realizing it’s actually kinda healthy. Packed with sweet carrots, warm spices, and a swoon-worthy texture, this cake proves that plants know how to party. So grab your apron and get ready to impress your taste buds—no bunnies required!
Carrot cake
Ingredients
- 2 cup orange juice, fresh
- ½ cup sunflower or (¼ olive oil – ¼ coconut oil)
- ½ cup walnuts
- ½ cup raisins
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- zest of 2 oranges
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 7 carrots (450 g), grated
- 1 ½ cup coconut or brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
Place the grated carrots, sugar, cinnamon, orange zest in a bowl and mix.
Set aside and let alone until the juices from the carrot starts to show.
Then, mix in in the juice , oil, vinegar, walnuts and raisins.
In another bowl, mix and sieve the dry ingredients (baking soda, baking powder and all purpose flour.
Mix the dry with the wet ingredients and place in a mold of your liking.
Bake in a preheated oven at 160 oC for 30 minutes or until the tip of a knife comes out clean when you put it in the middle.
Let sit for 5 minutes to cool a little bit and then take it out of the mould.
Let it cool down completely and then dust with powdered sugar.
NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING
| CALORIES | 147 kcal |
| TOTAL FAT | 5.5 g |
| SATURATED FAT | 1.8 g |
| TRANS FAT | 0 g |
| CHOLESTEROL | 0 mg |
| OMEGA 3 | 0.1 g |
| OMEGA 6 | 1 g |
| TOTAL CARBOHYDRATES | 23.5 g |
| DIETARY FIBER | 1.1 g |
| SUGARS | 13 g |
| PROTEIN | 2.2 g |
| Vitamins | serving |
|---|---|
| Vitamin A | 103.2 mcg |
| Vitamin D | 0.015 mcg (0.6 IU) |
| Vitamin E | 0.4 mg |
| Vitamin K | 3.3 mcg |
| Vitamin C | 4.9 mg |
| B1 (Thiamine) | 0.1 mg |
| B2 (Riboflavin) | 0.1 mg |
| B3 (Niacin) | 0.9 mg |
| B6 (Pyridoxine) | 0.1 mg |
| B12 (Cobalamin) | 0 mcg |
| Choline | 5.9 mg |
| Folate | 31.2 mcg |
| Minerals | serving |
|---|---|
| Iron | 0.9 mg |
| Calcium | 25.1 mg |
| Magnesium | 17.6 mg |
| Zinc | 0.4 mg |
| Iodine | 0 mcg |
| Selenium | 2.4 mcg |
| Copper | 0.1 mg |
| Manganese | 0.3 mg |
| Phosphorus | 46.9 mg |
| Sodium | 59.8 mg |
