Carrot Cake with Cashew Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Carrot Cake with Cashew Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8 Pieces
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups cashews ((preferably soaked for a couple hours)); 1-2 Tbsp lemon juice; 2 Tbsp liquid coconut oil; 1/3 cup maple syrup; water ((as needed)); 2 carrots ((large, peeled)); 1.5 cups oat flour ((or buckwheat flour)); 1 cup dates; 1 cup dried pineapple ((or more dates)); 0.5 cup dried coconut; 0.5 tsp cinnamon

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Emily Von Euw in Desserts

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

30 Minutes

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

30 Minutes

Who doesn't love carrot cake? There's even more to love without the refined sugars and whatnot. There's some genius surprises too, like a hint of dried pineapple, and a dash of maple syrup. And it's surprisingly easy to make, too!

Ingredients

Cashew Frosting

2 cups cashews (preferably soaked for a couple hours)
1-2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp liquid coconut oil
1/3 cup maple syrup
water (as needed)

Cake

2 carrots (large, peeled)
1.5 cups oat flour (or buckwheat flour)
1 cup dates
1 cup dried pineapple (or more dates)
0.5 cup dried coconut
0.5 tsp cinnamon

Servings: Pieces

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Directions

Prep

30 Min

Total

30 Min

Frosting

Blend all ingredients in your high speed blender until smooth, adding as little water as possible. Taste it - mmm. Put in a bowl and set aside.

Cake

Cut the carrots into small chunks. Then throw all the ingredients (including the carrots) in your food processor and pulse until it's all in really small pieces and sticks together.

Assembly

Press half the cake mix into the bottom of an adjustable spring-form pan, mine was about 6 inches. Then spread on about 1/3 of the frosting. Put it in the freezer until the layer of frosting is hard.
Then press on the rest of the cake mix. I let it set in the fridge overnight, then frosted the whole thing, but you can do it right away if you want.
Take it out of the pan and use the remaining frosting, cover with whatever garnishes you like. Enjoy!