Ingredients

  • 1 cup carrot (roughly chopped)
  • 2 cups walnuts
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 12 cup dried shredded coconut
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
  • 18 cup honey, agave nectar or 18 cup maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 12 tablespoon water
  • 1 cup cashews
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 18 cup honey, agave nectar or 18 cup maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon water

Method

  • 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.
  • 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!
  • 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.
  • Place all icing ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.
  • Ice cake.
  • 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.