Healthy Carrot Cake with Cream Cheeze Frosting (Recipe)

Yea, I know what you’re thinking, raw carrot cake? This woman must be off her rocker… But no! This is really, really great! If you’ve tried any of the other recipes I’ve shared, you’d know that it may sound strange at first… but think of the possibilities… yummy, healthy carrot cake… With “cream cheeze” icing even! Go ahead and indulge that sweet tooth, without making yourself miserable in the process.

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheeze Frosting

For the Cake:

• 7 med. To large Carrots
• 1 Cup Raw Walnuts, soaked at least 4 hours.
• 1 Cup Dates, pitted & soaked
• 3/4 Cup Raisins, soaked about an hour (just to soften)
• 1/2 tsp. Ginger powder (adjust to taste)
• 1/2-l tsp. Cinnamon (I use 1 tsp.)
• 1/8 tsp. Cardamom
• 1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
• 1/4 Cup Dried Raw Coconut (goes under the crust to prevent it from
• sticking to the cake pan)

For the Frosting:

• 1 to 1-1/2 Cups Raw Cashews, soaked 4-6 hours
• 1/2 Cup Raw Honey
• 1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 1/8 tsp. Nutmeg

1. Blend the carrots in a food processor until well ground. Put in a large mixing bowl.
2. Blend the walnuts in a food processor until fine and place in the bowl with the carrots.
3. Blend the dates in a food processor until smooth. Add the spices and blend well. Put the carrots and walnuts back into the food processor and blend until smooth.
4. Place mixture back into the mixing bowl and blend in the raisins.
5. Sprinkle the coconut into the bottom of the pie or cake pan.
6. Blend all of the frosting ingredients in a Vita Mix (or whatever blender you have), until smooth and creamy.
7. At this point, you can either spread the frosting onto the cake with a spatula, or put it into a cake decorating bag and decorate the cake in a fancy fashion.
8. Put cake into refrigerator or freezer to set.

It’s really that simple! And no baking or cooling… just freeze until it sets (I like to wait overnight, but it could be ready in just a few hours) and enjoy. Now, I will say that the icing can be tricky at times so you may have to play with it a bit, but that one fateful day that everything comes out exactly like it’s supposed to, you’ll never go back to the old way

This recipe from Nicole with www.NewLeafNutrition.com

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