Katie Cook - Vegan Carrot Cake (My Birthday Cake)

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. all purpose flour

1 c. sugar

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 c. vegetable oil

140 g apple sauce or stewed apple (1 goulburn valley pot)

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 1/2 c. grated carrot

1 c. shredded coconut

Making

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir in oil, apple and vanilla until well mixed. Stir in carrots and coconut (Batter is thick). Pop into a greased or baking paper lined cake tin and cook for roughly 40 mins (depending on your oven) at 180˚c.

Icing

250g soy cream cheese

juice of one lemon

2 cups icing sugar

Combine ingredients with a fork or a whizz-stick, if icing is too runny then keep adding icing sugar until it is at the appropriate consistency.