Healthy Vegan Carrot Cake and Cashew Cream Frosting

healthy vegan carrot cake

A delicious and healthy vegan carrot cake recipe with my healthy cashew cream frosting. A beautiful cake to share with loved ones!

healthy carrot cake recipe vegan

Today I am sharing with you my healthy carrot cake recipe with a cashew cream frosting! This is a great carrot cake to share with family and friends. I have made this healthy carrot cake recipe quite a few times now and we love it!

This healthy and easy carrot cake recipe is vegan, oil-free and low sugar but feel free to tweak it to your own diet requirement (change to GF flour or add a bit more sugar if required).

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Easter is coming soon and a healthy vegan Carrot Cake is a great option for Easter to get a little break from all the chocolate! Plus Carrot cake is probably my favourite cake. I love my carrot cake with walnuts but you could leave them out. I also like topping my carrot cake with pumpkin seeds, dried fruit or edible flowers.

This healthy carrot cake recipe is:

  • vegan
  • delicious
  • simple to make
  • great as a dessert or birthday cake
  • oil-free
vegan carrot cake with cashew frosting

How to make my Vegan Carrot Cake & Cashew Cream Frosting recipe:

vegan carrot cake cashew frosting
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Healthy Vegan Carrot Cake recipe and cashew frosting

A delicious carrot cake recipe that is healthier and vegan along with my cashew frosting recipe.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 8 people

Ingredients

Carrot Cake

  • 2 cups wholemeal wheat flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp flax seed meal
  • 1.5 cup plant milk of choice
  • 2 large carrots grated
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar or raw sugar (add 1/3 more if you have a sweet tooth)
  • 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1.5 tsp cinnamon powder

Cashew Icing

  • 1 cup soaked cashews
  • 1 tbsp melted coconut oil or leave out to make it oil-free
  • 1 .5 tsp vanilla essence
  • 4 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar or monk fruit icing sugar

Instructions

To make the carrot cake

  • Preheat your oven at 175degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) . Line 1 or 2 cake tins with baking paper.
  • In a mixing bowl, add in the dry ingredients together and mix.
  • Add in the wet ingredients and mix slowly. Grate the carrots and fold them gently with the batter.
  • Pour in your cake tins and cook for 40 minutes (in 2 tins) or if using 1 tin for 50-60 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit).
  • Leave to cool down before adding my cashew vanilla icing and walnuts or seeds.

To make the cashew frosting:

  • Soak your cashews in water overnight and drain and rinse.
  • Mix in a blender with the other ingredients until creamy and smooth.
  • Add more water if required.
  • Once the cake is cool spread on top of the cake.
vegan carrot cake cashew frosting

Substitutions:

The cashew icing or frosting is vegan and looks the best on the day as it can dry a little bit and turn a darker colour when left out so best adding the icing on top of the carrot cake just before serving. Or you could make a vegan icing using vegan butter and icing sugar. Best to keep the cake in an airtight container too.

To make it gluten-free: I have not tried making this carrot cake gluten-free but if you do try let me know in a comment below! I think oat flour or a gluten-free baking flour blend would work best.

I hope you enjoy this healthy vegan carrot cake recipe and let me know if you make it on Instagram @healthyfrenchwife I would love to see it!

vegan carrot cake recipe healthy and oil free with cashew frosting

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Allergens:

This recipe is:

  • oil-free;
  • vegan;
  • dairy-free;
  • nut-free without the cashew frosting;
  • soy-free;

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2 Comments

  1. Hey there! Love this recipe of yours and surely going to give bake it. Can I substitute eggs instead of flax seed though?

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