Carrot cake is one of England’s favourite desserts, it’s actually a quickbread (a bread made with no yeast) and very tasty and sweet.
This recipe for easy vegan carrot cake (The Veg Space) is super-simple to make, with easy-to-find ingredients, topped with a cream cheese icing.
A few people with hypothyroidism (or pollen allergies) may need to avoid carrots. Mash carrots for children or swallowing difficulties, due to choking hazards. Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (nutmeg is toxic to animal friends).
A Gluten-Free Vegan Carrot Cake Recipe
This gluten-free carrot cake (Ela Vegan) is super-simple to make. Finely grated carrots are mixed up with flour, ground almonds, spices, canned coconut milk and maple syrup, bound with a ‘chia egg’ (mix ground chia seed with water) and topped with a homemade frosting (use organic powdered sugar to avoid egg).
Carrots one of our most popular vegetables, mostly because they are easy to find and cheap to buy. Rich in beta-carotene, carrots are normally orange but can also be purple, yellow, white or red. After potatoes, these root veggies are the most widely eaten on earth, and the green tops are also edible (try them in soups or salads).
How to Buy and Store Carrots
Look for carrots in season (May to September) and choose organic, you’ll be amazed at the taste difference. Good carrots have firm unblemished bright orange skins, and young carrots should have feathery greens still attached.
