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My name is Heather. I'm 25 years old and still living at home in New Hampshire with my parents. I'm an independent contractor, and I mainly do promotional events throughout the New England area. I am also involved with promoting local and national artists and on occasion I'll get the chance to travel on the road with them. Photography and Cooking are big hobbies of mine, and my blog is my stomping ground to share them both. I hope you'll stick around for awhile, I've got a lot to share!

*NOTE: I am currently on tour representing the Keep A Breast foundation. I am living on an RV for most of the year and will be updating about food I cook on the RV as well as dining out eats!

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  • 16th
  • March
  • 2011

Vegan Carrot Cake

It’s been awhile since I’ve done any baking, and I have really been craving carrot cake lately. Enjoy! :)

2 1/3 c all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp cloves

6 tbsp flax seed meal
3/4 c warm water
1½ c sugar
1 c oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 c shredded carrots

Cream Cheese Frosting
8 oz vegan cream cheese
¼ c margarine, softened
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350º. Line two 8×8″ pans with parchment paper. In a small bowl, sift together dry ingredients (flour through salt). In a large bowl, whisk together flax seed meal and water. Beat in sugar and oil. Add vanilla and carrots and mix until combined. Add dry mix and stir until moistened. Fold in walnuts. Pour equal parts into pans. Bake for 18-20 min, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in pans 10 minutes.

For the frosting, beat together cream cheese and margarine. Add vanilla and powdered sugar; whip until smooth. (Don’t overbeat; in my experience, store-bought vegan cream cheese has a tendency to get runny.)

Use a knife to loosen edges of cake from pans. Using parchment paper, lift cakes out of pans. Carefully remove parchment paper from one cake. Frost cake, layer, and decorate with a marzipan carrot (brush a little cocoa powder into the indents for some realism). Serve chilled.