Raw carrot cake

[Guest guest]

I saw this recipe for a RAW carrot cake on

another list and thought I would post it here.

I've never tried such a thing, but I love carrot

cake and am curious about raw food.

 

 

PARTY CARROT CAKE

This recipe is

adapted from

one found on the web, called " Anastasia's famous

raw carrot

cake. "

 

For the Cake

5 cups carrot pulp (from juicing about 5 pounds

of carrots in a

Champion

Juicer)

? to 1 cup carrot juice

1 generous cup walnut halves

1 generous cup dried coconut, unsweetened

2/3 cups dates, pitted

? cup raisins

? cup flax seed, ground fine in coffee grinder

? to 1 teaspoon cinnamon

? teaspoon nutmeg

 

For the Filling and Frosting

1 cup raw cashew nuts, soaked for 30 to 60

minutes then drained

Juice of ? to one lemon

4-6 tablespoons raw honey

1 – 1.5 teaspoon (3 capfuls) almond flavor

2 TB raw coconut butter

 

For Decoration

Small piece dried mango

Few carrot leaves

Reserved walnuts and coconut.

 

Reserve 7-8 of the best-shaped walnut halves and

1 tablespoon coconut

for

decorations. Grind the remaining walnuts in food

processor; place in

large

bowl. Grind the date and raisins; place them in

the bowl together

with all the

other cake ingredients except the carrot juice.

Mix by hand,

kneading for

smoothness. Add juts enough carrot juice to make

the mixture bind.

Divide

into two equal portions and shape the first to

fit your serving

platter.

 

Mix all the frosting ingredients in the food

processor until very

smooth. Coat

first layer of cake with about 1/3 of the

frosting; shape second

layer and place

on top. Coat top and sides with remaining

frosting and decorate

sides with

walnuts pressed into the join of the two layers;

decorate top with

pieces of

mango cut in carrot shapes laid on a sprinkling

of coconut; add a bit

of carrot

leaf to each.

 

Chill in refrigerator – will keep for a week if

it lasts that

long!

 

 

 

 

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