Carrot & Walnut Cake with an Orange Glaze (Plant-Based)

Name: Carrot & Walnut Cake with an Orange Glaze (Plant-Based)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225 g grated carrots; 100 g walnuts; 280 g self raising flour; 170 g brown sugar; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp ginger; 200 mls vegetable oil; 200 mls almond milk; 1/2 tsp vinegar (I used cider vinegar); Pinch salt; 1/2 tsp vanilla; Orange Glaze; 150 g icing sugar; Orange Juice

Sonia @sonia

Bristol, UK

I’m adding a sweet recipe to our #eattherainbow veggie contest. If you have any vegetable cake recipes please do share them with us as I’d love people to be inspired to use veg in all sorts of different ways 🙏

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Ingredients

Cake
225 ggrated carrots
100 gwalnuts
280 gself raising flour
170 gbrown sugar
2 tspcinnamon
1 tspginger
200 mlsvegetable oil
200 mlsalmond milk
1/2 tspvinegar (I used cider vinegar)
Pinchsalt
1/2 tspvanilla
Orange Glaze
150 gicing sugar
Orange Juice

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Steps

1

Preheat the oven to 180 C and line a cake tin with parchment paper.
2

Grate the carrots, chop the walnuts and mix the two together in a bowl. keep a small handful of walnuts back to use for garnish.
3

Add the wet ingredients and mix well with the carrots and walnuts.
4

Mix together all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl then mix this into the wet ingredients thoroighly.
5

Pour the batter into a cake tin, then bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes. You can cover the top with foil if it gets brown too quickly.
6

Allow the cake to cool. Then make the glaze by adding orange juice to the icing sugar. Stirring well to remove any lumps. Keep the icing thick enough to just pour out but not too thin that it runs right off the cake. Then garnish with the chopped reserved walnuts.

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Sonia @sonia

on July 01, 2019 13:03

Bristol, UK

I'm a busy, working mum of two young children and I love to cook! I particularly love cooking with fresh, natural produce. My recipes are usually simple and healthy; using minimal ingredients and minimal time!You can also follow me on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/sonianicholas_cookpaduk/