[candice] so in our thing, blablabla
[candice] today on The EdgyVeg, i'm going to show you how to make
[candice] a VEGAN CARROT CAKE with CREAM CHEESE FROSTING.
[candice] for easter!!!
[candice] yayyy!
[candice] the first part of our carrot cake that we are going to make is actually the carrot cake part of the cake.
[candice] this isn't a gluten free cake because i'm not a gluten free baker, i'm a normal baker.
[candice] just happens to bake vegan. actually i'm not a baker at all, i hate baking.
[candice] so in our mixer, you can also do this in a bowl with a whisk.
[candice] or if you have one of those hand mixers, those electric hand mixers,
[candice] cos i have a stand mixer, so i'm going to do this in there.
[candice] first thing we are going to do is mix in our sugar,
[candice] with our wet ingredients.
[candice] we have our coconut sugar which is my favourite sugar to bake with.
[candice] you could use whatever sugar you want but i really love the dark, caramel flavour
[candice] of the coconut sugar and kind of what it gives to the carrots, so that's what i'm using.
[candice] then we have some coconut oil, lots of coconut in this recipe actually.
[candice] i think i have a thing for coconut. what do you think?
[candice] keeping on the coconut theme, we have coconut yoghurt!
[candice] now you can use applesauce if you don't have coconut yoghurt.
[candice] i've done this with both and they both turn out really really nice.
[candice] it's just gives it like a nice, fluffy and moist like cakey texture.
[candice] it just makes the cake like nice and fluffy and moist, that's only reason why we're adding it
[candice] last but not least, we of course have our vanilla.
[candice] and we're just going to mix that together!
[candice] while our wet ingredients are mixing, we're going to add our dry so i just have some flour here.
[candice] this is organic all purpose flour.
[candice] if you have a gluten free flour that you love to use, you can use that but i'm not gluten free,
[candice] so i just cook regular, organic all purpose unbleached flour.
[candice] so i've added some ginger, cinnamon, pinch of salt or not.
[candice] if you just wanna stay there that's fine.
[candice] and of course our baking powder and baking soda.
[candice] just gonna mix that together and get rid of any lumps.
[candice] so once that's nice and smooth, we're going to add our dry to our wet.
[candice] and they can have a little magical party in there.
[candice] of cake mixing delight, or whatever.
[candice] and then it's not a cake party until the carrot shows up!
[candice] said no one ever.
[candice] but in this case, it's true!
[candice] i have a juicer and i juice every two days.
[candice] i keep the carrot pulp from my carrot juice to make carrot cake!
[candice] i know! so that's the pulp that i'm using. so you can grate the carrot or you can do what i do.
[candice] so we're going to fold in our carrot into our cake mixture,
[candice] and we're going to keep mixing again.
[candice] there's a lot of mixing in this recipe.
[candice] now we're going to add our batter to our greased pans.
[candice] mm! doesn't that look good?
[candice] and just like go in and spread it out.
[candice] probably could've gone with the smaller pan, just like 5 inch maybe instead of a 9 inch,
[candice] but i don't have that so that's why we're not doing that!
[candice] and again.
[candice] you could even put this just in one cake pan and then cut it in the centre if you want to make multi-layered.
[candice] but i never cut it straight, it always ends up on an angle, and then it's like lopsided cake failure.
[candice] so now we're going to throw these guys into the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes.
[candice] check them after 25 minutes, if a toothpick comes out clean, you're good to go.
[candice] if not, then put it back in for another 5 minutes
[candice] toss em in there.
[candice] gonna set my timer cos i always burn things.
[candice] come on..
[candice] 25!
[candice] now we can make our icing!
[candice] you could just totally skip this and just buy vegan cream cheese
[candice] and add some icing sugar and voila.
[candice] but if you don't wanna buy a premade cream cheese, you can just make it yourself.
[candice] so we have our confectioners sugar here, we're just going to add some vegan margarine/butter substitute.
[candice] i feel that in theory you could also do this with coconut oil.
[candice] i've just never done it with coconut oil but i mean you could try it, let me know how it goes.
[candice] we have some almond milk,
[candice] vanilla,
[candice] to get the cheesy flavour, we're going to add a little bit of salt.
[candice] some fresh lemon juice,
[candice] and some apple cider vinegar.
[candice] so mix that altogether in the stand mixer, or a hand mixer
[candice] or a bowl and a whisk if you're feeling ambitious.
[candice] woo!
[candice] you will end up with this beautiful frosting!
[candice] and then we're going to frost our cake!
[candice] let the cake cool. this is very important. sometimes i'm impatient and i know you're impatient.
[candice] and then you try and ice a warm cake.
[candice] and it's goopey, disgusting, sugary mess.
[candice] and i mean you could still eat it but it doesn't look good.
[candice] and it's easter! so you want to serve it to people, right?
[candice] now i'm just doing- i like a rustic looking cake so i'm doing four layers but minimal frosting.
[candice] this is just the centre, so i'm just doing like a quick frost.
[candice] there you have it guys! VEGAN CARROT CAKE with CREAM CHEESE FROSTING.
[candice] that doesn't contain cheese or cream!
[candice] amazing, i know!
[candice] it's vegan sorcery.
[candice] i can't wait to share this with my family on easter dinner.
[candice] if you guys have any recipe requests for desserts or like major holiday dishes that you want made,
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[candice] and i'll see you guys soon. bye! happy spring!
[candice] love you/