Vegan Cardamom Carrot Cake
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
Bundt cake:
- 3 cup white whole wheat flour, sifted
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cup non dairy milk
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ½ cup applesauce
- ⅔ cup oil such as coconut, avocado, grape seed, etc.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ½ cup shredded carrots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans optional
Yogurt glaze:
- 1 cup non dairy yogurt, plain and unsweetened I use Kite Hill almond milk yogurt.
- 3-4 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ - ½ teaspoon ground cardamom optional
Instructions
Bundt cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 12 cup bundt cake very well. Dust with a light coating of flour as well to prevent sticking. Set aside.
- Combine non dairy milk and apple cider vinegar. Set aside for a few minutes to curdle.
- In a large bowl, whisk together sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cardamom and cinnamon. Set aside.
- After milk has curdled, add the sugar, applesauce, oil and vanilla. Whisk to combine well.
- Create a well in the middle of the dry ingredients. Pour in the wet ingredients and stir just to combine.
- Add carrots and nuts, if using, and fold into the batter.
- Transfer batter to prepared bundt pan.
- Bake for 50 - 60 minutes, checking at 50 minutes and then every 5 minutes for doneness. The cake should spring to the touch and a skewer inserted should come out clean. My cake was ready at 55 minutes.
- Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from pan to cool completely on a wire rack.
Yogurt glaze:
- While cake is baking, prepare glaze by whisking all ingredients together in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
- After cake has cooled completely, drizzle desired amount of yogurt over the top of cake and sprinkle with more chopped nuts, if desired. I use half of the glaze on the cake and then serve each slice with an additional drizzle.
Notes
- You can use a 9 x 13 or 2- 9 inch round cake pans instead of bundt pan. Adjust baking times accordingly.
- For a bit more sweetness, make a powder sugar glaze by combing 1 ½ cups powdered sugar and 1-2 tablespoon non dairy milk until thin enough to drizzle. Use this in place of the yogurt glaze.
