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Raw carrot refrigerator cake recipe

By on June 14, 2014
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By The Rawtarian

Cake ingredients:

1 cup carrots (roughly chopped)

2 cups walnuts

1 cup raisins

1/2 cup dried shredded coconut

1 tablespoon sunflower seeds

1/8 cup honey, agave nectar or maple syrup

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 tablespoon water

Icing ingredients:

1 cup cashews

2 tablespoons lemon juice

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.

 

The Rawtarian’s Thoughts

This raw carrot cake recipe strangely mimics the texture of cooked carrot cake – without the need for dehydrating. Just throw the ingredients in the food processor, form into a cake shape, ice with your preferred icing and pop into the fridge.

Depending on how you’d like to use your cake, you can press the cake mixture down into a cake pan, or you can mold it into a cake shape on a plate using your hands.

This recipe keeps surprisingly well – for 4 days or so. You can make this in advance and it holds its shape and does not get soggy (provided that you did not overprocess the cake).

This raw carrot cake recipe should always be kept in the fridge.

No dehydrator required for this recipe! (However, if you want a dehydrated raw carrot cake recipe for some reason, I do have a completely different dehydrated raw carrot cake reciperight here.)

That was my 2013 birthday candle. I am now 31! (Oops! I since replaced the birthday candle picture with new, better pictures from 2014’s 32nd birthday cake! It’s a tradition in my household that my husband make this carrot cake recipe for me. He made the cake pictured above, and I photographed it. 🙂

rawtarian_avatarLaura-Jane is The Rawtarian,a passionate raw vegan. What is a “raw vegan?” A raw vegan is someone who eats only raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds–none of which are ever heated above 105F (40.6 Celsius). That’s it. Raw vegan recipes include cookies, brownies, cakes, crackers, macaroni and cheese, cheesecake, and more. All made from fruit, vegetables, seeds, and nuts. No bread products, no dairy products, just raw, natural ingredients! There is a whole movement of “raw vegans” (or “raw fooders”) who invent and share creative raw food recipes. Raw vegans prepare recipes using blenders and food processors instead of ovens and microwaves! ”Like” The Rawtarian on Facebook, and visit her for more great recipe ideas at therawtarian.com

 

 

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