Best Vegan Carrot Cake Recipes

VEGAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Start by making the icing first. Mash the coconut cream with 2 tbsp hot water and the lemon juice until smooth. Add the cashew butter then whisk in the icing sugar followed by the oat milk. Continue to whisk until fully combined, set aside in the fridge until needed.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas mark 4. Grease 2 x 20cm cake tins with a little of the melted coconut oil and line the bases with baking parchment. Whisk together the oil and sugar, then add the vanilla and milk. Combine the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, spices and orange zest in a separate bowl. Add these to the wet mixture and stir well. Finally stir in the carrot and the nuts. Divide the mixture between the prepared tins and bake for 25-30 mins until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out cleanly. Cool in the tin for 5 mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Sandwich the cakes together with half the icing then cover the top with the remaining icing (add a splash of oat milk if the icing feels too firm). Scatter over the nuts and dust the cake with a little cinnamon and decorate with edible flowers.

VEGAN CARROT CAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line muffin cups with paper liners.
• Whisk almond milk and vinegar together in a small bowl; set aside until curdled, about 10 minutes.
• Mix whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Combine carrots, pineapple, raisins, and walnuts together in a separate bowl.
• Whisk 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar, olive oil, molasses, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cardamom together in a separate bowl. Mix curdled milk mixture and sugar mixture into flour mixture just until batter is mixed; fold in carrot mixture. Spoon batter into muffin cups until each is completely filled and domed.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

VEGAN APPLESAUCE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9-inch spring form pan with spray oil.
• In a large sauce pan, simmer the raisins and grated carrots in the water over medium heat for 7 to 10 minutes.
• Remove and put in a large bowl.
• Add the oil, apple sauce, egg replacers, syrup, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and salt. Stir the mixture well.
• In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking soda and walnuts together. Stir this dry mixture into the carrot raisin mixture.
• Don't over mix this.
• Pour into your spring form pan (you can use a 9-inch square pan if you wish) and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Use a wooden kabob stick to test this cake. A toothpick is not long enough.
• Once this is done cool on a metal rack and turn onto a plate.

VEGAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans with coconut oil.
• For the cake layers: Place the walnuts on a small rimmed baking sheet and bake until golden brown, about 8 minutes. When the walnuts are completely cool, finely chop half and roughly chop the remaining half; keep separate.
• Meanwhile, whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl until combined and set aside. Whisk the 1/2 cup coconut oil, cane sugar, milk, applesauce and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth, then whisk in the carrots until thoroughly combined. Stir the dry mixture into the wet mixture until just combined; do not overmix. Fold in the finely chopped walnuts until just incorporated.
• Divide the batter between the prepared pans, then smooth the top into an even layer. Bake until golden brown, the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pans and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 28 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes, then turn the cakes out onto wire racks to completely cool, about 1 hour.
• For the cream cheese frosting: Beat the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and salt until combined. Reduce the speed to low, then gradually add the confectioners' sugar followed by the cornstarch until combined and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Refrigerate until you're ready to assemble the cake.
• When the cakes are completely cool, trim the domes of each round with a large serrated knife so the tops are flat. Place 1 round, cut-side down, on a platter or cake stand. Spread 3/4 cup of the frosting evenly over top. Place the remaining round, cut-side down, on top. Frost the top and sides of the cake with 1 cup of the frosting and smooth completely to make an even crumb coat. (It's okay if some of the cake shows through. This is just the base layer of frosting.) Refrigerate for 30 minutes to let the frosting set.
• Spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides of the cake, swirling decoratively, if desired. Sprinkle the top edge of the cake with the roughly chopped walnuts. Refrigerate until the frosting is set, about 30 minutes.

VEGAN MINI CARROT CAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix baking powder and applesauce into a foamy mixture, set aside.
• In large bowl mix flour, sugar baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; mix.
• Add oil, honey, carrots, water or pineapple (some of the juice might help), and applesauce mixture.
• Mix well.
• Add nuts, raisins, or dried cranberries if preferred.
• Scoop mixture into cupcake liners.
• Bake at 325°F for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Once cooled, frost with icing (powered sugar, vegan Earth Balance butter, organic vanilla, and water).

CARROT CAKE IN A BALL (RAW, VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Blend the carrots in a food processor until they`re in tiny pieces and starting to turn to mush, then squeeze the juice out by hand and return the carrot pulp to the food processor - This should give you 1/2 cup packed carrot pulp.
• Add all the other ingredients and process until the dough is well combined. Form into balls and store in the fridge.

GLUTEN-FREE VEGAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil a 9-inch square pan.
• Mix rice flour, sugar, potato starch, tapioca starch, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Add pineapple, 1/4 cup reserved pineapple juice, yogurt, carrots, walnuts, coconut, applesauce, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract to flour mixture; mix with a wooden spoon until well blended. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.

VEGAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10" X 9" or square cake pan.
• Stir together dry ingredients.
• Mix in the carrots, egg subs, oil, apple sauce, and vanilla.
• Beat about 2-3 minutes , until well mixed.
• Stir in the nuts, if used.
• Bake at 325 F for about 40-50 minutes , or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Once the BTCC is at room temperature, mix all ingredients together. Frost cake.

MOIST VEGAN CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line twelve 1/3-cup muffin cups with paper liners. Whisk first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Using electric mixer, or by hand, beat sugar, oil, flax meal and water in large bowl until well blended.
• Add dry ingredients to flax mixture in 2 additions, beating until well blended after each addition.
• Mix in carrots, pineapple and raisins (if using). Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20-30 minutes. Turn cupcakes out onto racks and cool completely.

VEGAN CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Set your oven to 180C Normal or 200C Fan. Prep 2 9 or 10 inch Cake tins with Baking Paper.
• In a bowl, grate your carrot and combine with the sugar. Mix. (Mix 1)
• Add the Oil, Plant-Based Milk and Vanilla Essence. Mix again. (Mix 1)
• In a separate bowl. Sieve your flour, then add in Baking Powder, Salt, the Nuts and your Spices. (Mix 2)
• Fold your dry mixture into the wet mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Separate into the pans. Drop your tins from a very small height to release any extra air bubbles.
• Cook for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Once cooked, cool for 1 hour at room temperature.
• For the cream cheese frosting, Sieve your icing sugar into a bowl and wish together with the other ingredients. It should be thick and hold it's shape when ready.
• Add more icing sugar if too thin or a little coconut oil. The icing is best placed in the fridge for an hour to harden slightly before layering on the cake.
• Serve immediately. Alternatively, keep in a cake tin at room temperate or in the fridge. Will keep for up to a week.

VEGAN CARROT LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
• Mix spelt flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Mix soy milk, coconut oil, applesauce, coconut sugar, and vanilla extract together in another bowl. Fold flour mixture into the milk mixture until just combined. Add carrots; whisk well. Add walnuts and stir to evenly distribute.
• Pour carrot cake batter into the loaf pan and even out the top with a spatula.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Turn cake out onto a cooling rack.
• Beat confectioners' sugar, vegan butter, and soy milk together in a bowl using an electric mixer to make the icing. Add lemon juice, vinegar, and vanilla extract. Mix well. Frost cake once cool.

EGGLESS VEGAN CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix baking powder and applesause into a foamy mixture, set aside.
• In a large bowl mix flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• Add oil, carrots, pineapple (some of the juice might help), and applesauce mixture.
• Mix well.
• Add flaked coconut, nuts, or raisins if desired.
• Scoop mixture into 24 cupcake liners.
• Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Once cooled, frost with icing (powdered sugar, 'fake' butter, vanilla, and water).

VEGAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 13" X 9" pan.
• Stir together dry ingredients.
• Now add to the dry mixture, the carrots, tofu, oil, and vanilla.
• Beat about 2 to 3 minutes until well mixed.
• Stir in the nuts.
• Bake at 325 degrees for about 50 to 60 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Frost and enjoy.

LOW FAT VEGAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, flax, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, mix sugar and pumpkin until creamy.
• Add vanilla, then add applesauce and carrots.
• Mix wet and dry ingredients together and add raisins if using.
• Pour batter in a greased* 9x13 pan or two 9 in cake rounds for a layer cake.
• Bake for 40 - 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool adequately if frosting or adding topping**.
• *To grease the pan I use 1-2 tsp of non hydrogenated vegan margarine because it gives the cake a little richness without adding a lot of fat.
• ** For a nice low-fat topping I put crushed pineapple on top.

VEGAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 9x13 inch baking pan with cooking spray. Whisk together the whole wheat flour, soy flour, cinnamon, ground cloves, baking soda, tapioca starch, and salt in a bowl until blended; set aside.
• Pour the hot water into a mixing bowl, and sprinkle with the flax meal. Stir for a minute until the flax begins to absorb the water, and the mixture slightly thickens. Stir in the brown sugar and vanilla until the sugar has dissolved, then add the currants, carrots, and almonds. Stir in the dry mixture until just moistened, then pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

GLUTEN-FREE VEGAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly spray or rub a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with vegetable oil.
• Sift or whisk together the flours, baking powder and soda, spices, salt, and xanthan gum in a medium bowl.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the oil and sugar on high for a few minutes or until thick and creamy. Add the egg replacer, applesauce, and vanilla, and stir well. Stir in the carrots and pineapple.
• Add the dry mixture into the wet mixture, and stir. Add the walnuts and coconut, if using, and stir again.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake 30-35 minutes, testing with a toothpick after 20 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool on a wire rack, and frost if desired.