Vegan banana and carrot cake
So my quest to make dairy, egg, soya and nut free treats for the kids continues... and if I can sneak some veggies in for good measure, even better! These carrot cakes are yummy, the kids loved them. Carrots are naturally sweet and you can probably cut back on some of the sugar without affecting the taste too much!
Ingredients:
1 medium ripe banana
⅔ cup sugar
⅓ cup vegetable oil
1½ cups grated carrots (2 medium carrots)
1½ cups plain flour
1 Tbs. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. ground nutmeg
Icing
1½ cups icing sugar
1 Tbs. vegan margarine (I used Vitalite)
½ tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions:
1. To make Cake: Preheat oven to 350°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.
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 sugar, margarine, vanilla, and 2 Tbs. water in bowl, adding more water, if necessary, to achieve drizzling consistency. Drizzle Icing over Cake when cooled.
You can also make cupcakes with this mixture. It'll make about 12 cakes. Bake for 20-25 minutes at the same temperature.
Ingredients:
1 medium ripe banana
⅔ cup sugar
⅓ cup vegetable oil
1½ cups grated carrots (2 medium carrots)
1½ cups plain flour
1 Tbs. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. ground nutmeg
Icing
1½ cups icing sugar
1 Tbs. vegan margarine (I used Vitalite)
½ tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions:
1. To make Cake: Preheat oven to 350°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.
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 sugar, margarine, vanilla, and 2 Tbs. water in bowl, adding more water, if necessary, to achieve drizzling consistency. Drizzle Icing over Cake when cooled.
You can also make cupcakes with this mixture. It'll make about 12 cakes. Bake for 20-25 minutes at the same temperature.
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