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    You are here: Home / Desserts / Vegan Carrot Cake with Cardamom

    Vegan Carrot Cake with Cardamom

    Published: Sep 13, 2021 · Modified: Sep 2, 2022 by Sophie · 4 Comments

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    The vegan carrot cake is spiked with cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg—and topped with a luscious vegan cream cheese icing.

    A carrot cake that is decorated with flours being sliced on a plaid picnic blanket

    Vegan carrot cake is an all-time Autumn favourite around my house. While some consider it a Spring dessert, for me it’s all about Autumn with it’s warming spices and root veggie base.

    Traditional recipes rely on a lot of sugar and a ton of oil, but this version is much lighter cutting some oil for apple sauce and maple syrup for sugar. The addition of a good dose of cardamom and a hint of orange zest makes this recipe more modern and less like your mum’s carrot cake of yesteryear.

    This vegan carrot cake is almost healthy enough to nibble on for breakfast. So, if cake for breakfast is just your thing, try baking these in a muffin tin to make the perfect morning treat. 

    I topped mine with some maple sweetened whipped coconut but a simple glaze will work just as well. For something entirely different, but delicious, try icing yours with a chocolate ganache.

    Vegan Carrot Cake with Cardamon and Orange

    Ingredients

    • Flour
    • Baking powder
    • Baking soda
    • Ground cinnamon
    • Ground ginger
    • Ground cardamom
    • Ground nutmeg
    • Sea salt
    • Unsweetened apple sauce
    • Coconut sugar
    • Maple syrup
    • Almond milk
    • Cooking oil
    • Carrot
    • Orange
    • Pecans
    Vegan Carrot Cake with Cardamon and Orange

    Recipe

    A carrot cake that is decorated with flours being sliced on a plaid picnic blanket
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    4.60 from 5 votes

    Vegan Carrot Cake with Cardamom and Orange

    The vegan carrot cake is spiked with cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg—and topped with a luscious vegan cream cheese icing.
    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Cook Time35 minutes mins
    Total Time45 minutes mins
    Servings: 1 Cake
    Author: Sophie MacKenzie

    Ingredients

    Dry Ingredients

    • 2 ¼ cups flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
    • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
    • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
    • ¾ teaspoon sea salt

    Wet Ingredients

    • ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
    • ½ cup coconut sugar
    • ¼ cup maple syrup
    • 1 cup almond milk
    • ⅓ cup light cooking oil
    • 1 ½ cups finely grated carrot
    • Zest of 1 orange
    • ½ cup chopped pecans

    Instructions

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    Vegan Carrot Cake with Cardamon and Orange

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    1. nicole says

      July 12, 2020 at 7:44 pm

      hi sophie, what kind of flour do you recomend?

      Reply
      • Sophie says

        July 13, 2020 at 10:03 am

        for this recipe I used all-purpose, but I love sifted spelt normally for my baking.

        Reply
    2. Fiona Manoon says

      May 22, 2019 at 8:23 am

      Such a delicious cake.
      Found this Recipe quite creative.
      Loved your work.
      I would love to try this out.
      Thank you so much sharing this wonderful recipe.
      Keep Blogging . !!

      Reply
    3. onlinecakebhavna says

      January 29, 2019 at 5:37 am

      Wow! Thank you for recipe....

      Reply

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