Raw Food - Carrot Cake

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup carrot (roughly chopped)
• 2 cups walnuts
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup dried shredded coconut
• 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
• 1/8 cup honey, agave nectar or 1/8 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 tablespoon water
• 1 cup cashews
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/8 cup honey, agave nectar or 1/8 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon water

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 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!
• 3 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.
• 4 place all icing ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.
• 5 ice cake.
• 6 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.