Apple Carrot Cake

By á-6416

Ingredients

• For the cake:
• 1 large carrot finely grated
• 1/2 large organic piñata apple
• 2 cups whole grain flour
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup vanilla silk soy creamer
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1/4 cup simply apple juice
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp ginger powder
• 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of lemon zest
• For the cream cheese frosting/glaze:
• A few tablespoons vegan cream cheese
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• about a cup of powdered sugar
• a pinch of cloves
• 2-3 tsps ground cinnamon

Details

Servings 9

Preparation

Step 1

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350

1. Grate carrot, cut apple into small cubes and set aside in a small bowl.

2. In a large bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ginger powder. Stir with a fork.

3. In a medium sized bowl, add apple sauce, soy creamer, juice, lemon zest, and egg.

4. Stir the 'wet' ingredients into the large bowl of dry ingredients, mix ingredients with a hand mixer on low.

5. Drop grated carrots and apples into the bowl; fold into batter with a spatula.

6. Bake in a square 9 inch pan for about 17 minutes at 350.

7. When cake is cool, prepare the glaze by putting all the glaze ingredients into a medium sized bowl. Mix the ingredients with a hand mixer on low until the glaze/frosting is smooth.

8. Drizzle frosting/glaze on top of cooled cake. Keep refrigerated.