Monday, May 6, 2013

Raw Carrot Cake with a Lime Cashew Icing

What you'll need:
Cake ingredients:
1 cup roughly chopped carrots
2 cups walnuts
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried shredded coconut
1 tablespoon sunflower seeds ( I used pepitas)
1/8 cup honey, agave nectar or maple syrup ( I used honey because I have no agave left :( )
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 tablespoon water
Icing ingredients:
1 cup cashews
2 tablespoons lemon juice ( I used limes)
1/8 cup honey, agave nectar or maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon water

Directions:
1. Place carrots in food processor by themselves. Process them very briefly - just to reduce them to littler chunks - about the size of pieces of popped popcorn. Leave carrots in food processor.
2. Now add all cake ingredients into food processor. Process briefly and slowly, stopping to monitor the process. You want to get the texture seen in the above pictures - you want to be able to see small chunks of carrots, walnuts, etc. Do not over-process!
3. Press cake down into a cake pan or square baking dish. Alternatively, you can shape the raw carrot cake mixture into a "cake" shape on a plate using your hands.
4. Place all icing ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.
5. Ice cake.
6. Refrigerate this raw carrot cake recipe for at least two hours. The cake and the icing will both harden up a bit in the fridge.
(DAMN WAITING TIME!!)
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