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Vegan Carrot Sheet Cake with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting

LingLing Deng
Moist and fluffy carrot cake with spiced cream cheese frosting spread on top. Super easy to cake to make and great for dessert and even breakfast.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Assembling Time 5 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 0 sheet cake

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¼ cup non dairy milk, such as soy milk
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ½ tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup peeled and shredded carrot, about 1 medium carrot
  • ¼ cup crushed walnuts, plus more for topping

Spiced cream cheese frosting

  • 200 g vegan cream cheese, about ¾ cup
  • ½ cup icing sugar
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • tsp cloves

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line a 8x8 baking tray with parchment paper.
  • In a small bowl, combine the apple cider vinegar and non dairy milk. Set aside to curdle.
    1 ¼ cup non dairy milk, 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
    curdling plant milk and apple cider vinegar in a liquid measuring cup.
  • In large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
    2 cups all purpose flour, ½ tbsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp ground cinnamon
    whisking together dry ingredients in a glass bowl.
  • Add the curdled milk, oil, brown sugar and shredded carrot to the bowl of dry ingredients. Use a spatula or wooden spoon to mix everything until a smooth batter forms. Fold in the crushed walnuts.
    ½ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup vegetable oil, 1 cup peeled and shredded carrot, ¼ cup crushed walnuts
    folding chopped walnuts into the cake batter.
  • Pour the batter into baking tray. Use a spatula to evenly distribute the batter and cover the pan. Bake for 20-25mins, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Carefully transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
    pouring batter into cake pan and smoothing it out with a spatula.

Make the cream cheese frosting

  • In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese on medium until smooth.
    200 g vegan cream cheese
  • Gradually add the icing sugar and beat on low until there are no traces of sugar.
    ½ cup icing sugar
    beating cream cheese with icing sugar.
  • Add the spices and beat on high until smooth and fluffy.
    ¼ tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp ground nutmeg, ¼ tsp ground ginger, ⅙ tsp cloves

Assemble the cake

  • Once the cake is completely cooled, spread the cream cheese frosting on top. Top with more crushed walnuts if desired.
    Sprinkling on chopped walnuts onto the frosted cake.

Notes

  • Store the cake in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. You can cut the cake into pieces for easier storage.
  • Use a cheese grater with smaller holes to shred the carrot.
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