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decorated moist carrot cake

Easy and Delicious Purple Carrot Cake with Blood Orange Jam

A delicious combination of citrus and carrot with this delicious cake
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 1 day 1 hour 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 562 kcal

Equipment

  • stove top
  • Oven

Ingredients
  

Carrot cake

  • 2 1/2 flour all purpose flour or 1:1 gluten free
  • 1 tsp Cordyceps Anima Mundi Herbals (optional)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar coconut sugar
  • 1/2 cup apple sauce
  • 3/4 cup plant based milk
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 flax egg
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil
  • 2 medium carrots grated
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup blood orange marmalade jam home made or store bought

Blood orange jam

  • 4 blood oranges
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp mangosteen hibiscus Anima Mundi Herbals
  • 1 L water

Butter cream Frosting

  • 1 cup vegan butter
  • 3 cups icing sugar

Instructions
 

Blood Orange Jam

  • Place cut oranges in a large pot and cover it with the water and leave overnight.
  • The next day, bring this pot to a boil and add in your sugar.
  • Let it boil for an hour or until the mixture becomes thick
  • Let it cool and place in the fridge overnight

Carrot Cake

  • Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease 2 or 3  8 x 12 inch baking pan and set aside.
  • Shred your carrots and keep aside
  • Make buttermilk by mixing apple cider vinegar with your milk
  • Create your flax egg and keep aside.
  • Combine your dry ingredients together in a bowl
  • Whip your coconut oil, sugar, apple sauce together in a separate bowl
  • Add in flax egg and buttermilk and mix well with your wet ingredients bowl
  • Slowly add in your flour mixture and mix.
  • Fold in your grated carrots and walnuts
  • Divide batter between 2-3 cake pans.
  • Bake for 45-55 minutes depending on thickness of cake. Check with a toothpick
  • Let it cool completely and place into the fridge overnight or for two hours. This always frosting to be smooth and not break the cake.

Buttercream frosting

  • Add in your ingredients for this and beat until fluffy. You may need to add more sugar or a tsp of plant based milk in order for it to be the consistency you desire.

Assembly

  • Remove your chilled cakes and place them on a table
  • Smear a thin layer of your blood orange marmalade on to each  layer
  • Follow this with a layer of butter cream
  • Carefully stack all layers on your cake plate/stand
  • Finally, cover the entire cake with frosting
  • Decorate with your carrot ribbons, dried blood orange slices, and flowers
  • Serve immediately. Left overs can be put in the fridge up to 5 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 562kcalCarbohydrates: 99gProtein: 1gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 381mgPotassium: 41mgFiber: 1gSugar: 97gVitamin A: 733IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 1mg