Carrot Cake (Vegan)

By contessawannabe

Ingredients

• 1 medium ripe banana,
• frozen, then thawed
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups grated carrots
• (2 medium carrots)
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 Tbs. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• ICING
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 Tbs. vegan margarine
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

1. To make Cake: Preheat oven to 350[degrees]F.
Coat 9-inch cake pan with cooking
spray. Mash thawed banana in large
bowl. Whisk in sugar, oil, and carrots.
Whisk together flour, baking powder,
salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in separate
bowl. Stir flour mixture into banana
mixture, until no lumps remain. Fold in
raisins and walnuts.

2. Pour cake batter into prepared baking
pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until
toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Transfer
to wire rack, and cool completely.

3. To make Icing: Whisk together
confectioners' sugar, margarine, vanilla,
and 2 Tbs. water in bowl, adding more
water, if necessary, to achieve drizzling
consistency. Drizzle Icing over Cake
when cooled.