An unusually moist, dense and delicious cake, chock full of carrots and other good things.
Cake Batter:
2 1/2 cups/312.5g unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon/5ml ground ginger
1 teaspoon/5ml fresh-grated nutmeg
1 tablespoon/15ml ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon/5ml baking soda
1 teaspoon/5ml salt
1 pound/450g (3 sticks) Earth Balance Butter, at room temperature
1 cup/200g sugar
2/3 cup/167g unsweetened applesauce
1 cup/225ml soy milk
1 tablespoon/15ml pure vanilla extract
1 cup/150g chopped walnuts
3 cups/270g shredded carrots
1 1/2 cups/240g seedless raisins
Vanilla Frosting:
1/3 cup/75g “buttery spread”, at room temperature
1 pound/450gsoy cream cheese, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons/7ml pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 to 3 cups/310g-375g confectioners’ sugar, sifted
To make batter: Preheat oven to 350F/180C/Gas. 4
Lightly oil a 9-by-3 1/2-inch/23 x 8 cm spring form pan and cover outside of bottom with aluminum foil. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Transfer to a large piece of wax paper.
In same bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in applesauce, soy milk and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients, then walnuts, carrots and raisins. Mix well.
Transfer to prepared spring form pan and bake in lower third of oven 45 to 50 minutes or until center of cake springs back when gently pressed with a finger. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely in pan.
When cool, remove side of pan and, if desired, use a big spatula to help slide cake off bottom of pan and onto a serving plate. Otherwise leave cake on bottom of pan and transfer to plate.
To make frosting: In a mixing bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, cream together spread and cream cheese until light. Add vanilla and enough sugar to achieve spreading consistency. Frost top and side of cake with cream cheese frosting. Makes 20 servings.
Available at some supermarkets, gourmet and/or natural food markets such as Whole Foods.
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