Carrot Cake
Ingredients
¼ C. olive oil
⅔ C. tupelo honey or
8 dates crushed or
1 C. agave
3 eggs or
2 Tbsp ground chia + 4 Tbsp water or
Other egg replacer
2 tsp vanilla powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp Himalayan salt
½ C. crushed pineapple
1 C. unsweetened coconut
2 C. grated carrots (2)
¼ C. chopped walnuts
3 C. spelt flour
Preparation
Preheat oven 325º.
Mix oil and eggs or egg replacer until smooth. Add sweetener and mix well. Add remaining ingredients. Line two cake pans with parchment paper or line one 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 325º for 50-60 minutes. Allow to cool upside down on wire racks.
Passion fruit coulis
Ingredients
4 passion fruits
½ C. of water
¼ C. tupelo honey
1 Tbsp arrowroot
Preparation
Add passion fruit pulp, ½ C. water and ⅓ C. tupelo honey to blender. Blend well. Then add arrowroot and cook on stovetop until thickened. Glaze cake with coulis.
Vegan Cream Cheese
Ingredients
1½ cups cashew halves, soaked for 12-24 hours, rinsed
3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
3 Tbsp water
Preparations
Place cashew halves in a glass dish and fill with filtered water. Cover and place in the fridge to soak for 24 hours. Then, drain and rinse the cashews with water.
Drop the soaked rinsed cashews in a blender or food processor and add 3 tablespoons of lemon juice plus 2 tablespoons of water and work up to 3 tablespoons if needed. The water is in the recipe just to help the mixture get as smooth as possible in the blender.
Blend for 2 minutes or so, until it’s as smooth as smooth can be. Set aside for a couple of hours.
Drape a tall plastic container with cheesecloth. Spoon the creamed cashew mixture onto the cheesecloth. Pull up the sides of cheesecloth and tie with a piece of string or twine.
Hang the cheese bag on a kitchen utensil and rest it inside a pitcher. It just has to be extended in the air so that the extra liquids can drain from it.
Leave in a warm place for at least 24 hours. Then, remove from the hanging setup you’ve created, remove cheesecloth and serve as is or add flavors such as herbs or vanilla.
To make this into frosting, add some tupelo honey to get it to taste sweet. Or use Daiya vegan cream cheese.
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