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Carrot cake with tahini frosting
Recipes

Carrot cake with tahini frosting

by Felina Graetz
Berlin
Preparation time:20 min
Cooking time:35 min
Portions:10
Diet:Vegan
Carrot cake with tahini frosting
Moist, warmly spiced carrot cake crowned with creamy tahini frosting for a naturally sweet dessert with a nutty twist.

Ingredients

350g

Wholegrain flour

330g

White sugar
White sugar

12g

baking powder

8g

bicarbonate of soda

10g

Cinnamon
Cinnamon

5g

Nutmeg
Nutmeg

9g

salt

75g

sunflower seeds

375g

Carrot
Carrot

180g

apple sauce

165ml

neutral oil

380g

plant based milk

Why we love this recipe

We love this carrot cake with tahini frosting for its moist crumb, warm spices, and creamy nutty topping. It celebrates vegetables, plant-based baking, and shows vegan baking at its best.
Felina Graetz

Steps

1.

Dress a springform pan with 1 tbsp margarine and baking paper on the bottom of the pan.

2.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celcius.

3.

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.

4.

Wash and grate the carrots coarsely and add to the dry ingredients.

5.

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until a smooth batter is formed.

6.

Fill the batter into the springform and bake for 50-60 min, check with a toothpick if the cake is baked through. Let the cake cool out completely before adding the frosting.

7.

For the frosting mix the margarine (room temperature) with the caster sugar using a handblender or kitchen machine. Slowly add the tahini or nut butter of your choice.

8.

Add the frosting on the cooled cake and refrigerate for 30min before serving.