Give free-from baking a go along with this straightforward vegan sandwich cake – an indulgent carrot cake with coconut and cashew icing that everybody will need one other slice of

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:35 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:25 minutes – 30 minutes
• Simple
• Serves 12 – 15

• Freezable
• Dairy-free
• Egg-free
• Vegan
• Vegetarian

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Elements

For the icing

• 4 sachets (200g) creamed coconut
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp cashew nut butter
• 50g icing sugar
• 60ml oat milk

For the cake

• 250ml jar coconut oil, melted
• 300g gentle brown sugar
• 1½ tsp vanilla essence
• 210ml dairy free milk, we used oat milk
• 420g plain flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon, plus further cinnamon to embellish
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp floor nutmeg
• 1 orange, zest solely
• 4 medium carrots, grated (you need 270g grated weight)
• 75g chopped walnuts, plus further to embellish
• edible flowers (non-compulsory)

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Technique

• STEP 1

  Begin by making the icing first. Mash the coconut cream with 2 tbsp sizzling water and the lemon juice till clean. Add the cashew butter then whisk within the icing sugar adopted by the oat milk. Proceed to whisk till totally mixed, put aside within the fridge till wanted.

• STEP 2

  Warmth the oven to 180C/160C fan/gasoline mark 4. Grease 2 x 20cm cake tins with slightly of the melted coconut oil and line the bases with baking parchment. Whisk collectively the oil and sugar, then add the vanilla and milk. Mix the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, spices and orange zest in a separate bowl. Add these to the moist combination and stir properly. Lastly stir within the carrot and the nuts. Divide the combination between the ready tins and bake for 25-30 minutes till a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out cleanly. Cool within the tin for five minutes earlier than transferring to a wire rack to chill fully.

• STEP 3

  Sandwich the muffins along with half the icing then cowl the highest with the remaining icing (add a splash of oat milk if the icing feels too agency). Scatter over the nuts and mud the cake with slightly cinnamon and enhance with edible flowers.