Healthy Homemade Carrot Cake

Looking for delicious Easter dessert recipes? Things are about to get awesome! This healthy homemade carrot cake recipe is perfect for Easter or spring!

Sometimes holidays can be a little hard when it comes to living a plant-based lifestyle, especially when eating at someone’s home. I ALWAYS volunteer to bring things that I can eat because Easter dinners seem to be full of ham, cheesy potatoes, and deviled eggs. It’s my contribution of this carrot cake that is life changing. :)

This carrot cake is health-ier than most because it’s made with less sugar, added applesauce, raisins, nuts and, of course, carrots providing some serious Vitamin A and no cholesterol. Yay!

Ingredients
For Cake

• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted (can substitute canola oil)
• 2 1/4 cups cake flour**
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups grated carrots, medium packed
• 1/2 cup chopped raisins (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• For Frosting
• 1/2 cup dairy free cream cheese (such as Toffutti)
• 1/2 cup vegan butter, softened (such as Earth Balance)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (soy flour works great, too!)
• 2 cups confectioners sugar

Instructions
For Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans; set aside. (May also substitute a 9 x 13-inch baking pan.)
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together applesauce, milk, vanilla, sugar, and oil.
3. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Mix in dry ingredients to wet ingredients until just combined. Fold in carrots, and if desired, chopped raisins.
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