Carrot Cake Loaf
with Cream Cheese Icing
Vegan recipe.
*The icing also works with dairy ingredients.
CARROT LOAF
Dry ingredients:
1 ½ cups all-purpose
flour
1 tsp baking powder
¾ tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp ground ginger
Pecans or walnuts
(optional)
* CREAM CHEESE ICING
2 Tbsp vegan butter
4 oz vegan cream
cheese
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 ½ cups powdered
sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract
Wet ingredients:
½ cup vegetable oil
¾ cup packed brown
sugar (dark or light)
1 ½ cups grated carrots
1 tsp vanilla
⅓ cup unsweetened
applesauce
6 Tbsp aquafaba (juice
from a can of chickpeas
or light beans)
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Preparation:
1. PREHEAT OVEN AND PREPARE PAN: Preheat oven
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to 350. Grease and flour a 1 or 1 ½ -pound loaf pan
using vegan butter and all-purpose flour.
Set aside.
2. PREP DRY INGREDIENTS: Combine dry ingre-dients
in a medium mixing bowl and toss to
combine.
3. PREP WET INGREDIENTS: In a large mixing bowl,
gently combine all wet ingredients with a spatula.
Add dry ingredients and stir until combined. The
batter should be thick. Fold in ½ cup of nuts if
desired.
4. BAKE: Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake
for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out
mostly clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours once
cool.
5. PREPARE FROSTING: Soften butter and cream
cheese at room temperature for 1-3 hours. Add
cinnamon, powdered sugar and vanilla, and beat
with a hand mixer until smooth. The frosting will
have a consistency between a frosting and a
glaze.
6. FROST AND ENJOY: Remove chilled loaf from pan
and place onto parchment. Gently scoop icing
onto loaf and spread with offset spatula. Slice and
enjoy. To store, cover and refrigerate for up
to 5-7 days.
Adapted from Sally Baking Addiction’s Carrot Cake Loaf.