Low fat carrot mug cake with vegan options. This Carrot Mug Cake is tender, moist & easy to make in just one minute in your microwave. It's the perfect low carb, paleo vegan cake for spring & Easter. Can you bake carrot mug cake with no eggs?
Yes, you can have your cake AND The first was my Apple Rose Caramel Tart (above) and the second was these Carrot Cake Bites.
I love carrot cake (hello, Tropical Carrot Cake and Carrot Cake Cupcakes) and I also love mug cakes, so I was pretty excited at the prospect of a Vegan Carrot Cake Mug Cake recipe.
And what's great about this mug cake is that it's seriously easy to make, and, as it's refined sugar free, it's also.
You can cook Low fat carrot mug cake with vegan options using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Low fat carrot mug cake with vegan options
- It's 1/4 of flax egg (1 teaspoon flax, 2 teaspoons water) (or 1/4 of an egg).
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoons of oil, I used safflower.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of grated carrot.
- It's 1/4 cup of applesauce.
- It's 1 tablespoon of chopped walnuts.
- It's 2.5 tablespoons of all purpose flour.
- Prepare 2 tablespoons of sugar (I used demerara).
- Prepare 1.5 teaspoons of coconut flakes (optional, will increase fat content).
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
- You need 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Prepare 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
- It's of Frosting.
- You need 1 tablespoon of cream cheese or vegan cream cheese.
- You need 2 teaspoons of soy milk.
- You need 1 teaspoon of maple sugar.
- It's 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Ever find yourself craving something comforting and sweet, yet you'd rather not spend the time whipping up an elaborate dessert that will leave you with lots left over? This is the perfect opportunity to make a single-serving vegan mug cake! I have been making carrot cake for years, and each time it seems to improve with a little tinkering here and there. Vegan gluten free carrot cake with a sugar-free & keto friendly frosting!
Low fat carrot mug cake with vegan options instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F..
- Mix ground flax and water to form a flax egg. Let it sit for a minute, then add the oil and vanilla. Mix..
- Add the carrots, applesauce, and walnuts. Mix..
- In a separate bowl add the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt. Mix..
- Add dry mixture to wet mixture and mix..
- Lightly grease an oven safe mug. Spoon mixture into mug, pat down and smooth..
- Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick or knife comes out clean. Let cool 5 minutes. Then use a knife to work around the edge and remove the cake. Let cool completely..
- Mix the frosting ingredients and put frosting on cake. Enjoy!.
The recipe is moist, healthy and simple. It's egg-free, dairy-free & easy to make! The carrot cake above is topped with my Cream Cheese Greek Yogurt Frosting - which I even successfully made vegan! It also tastes amazing topped with melted coconut butter (one of my favorite ways to eat carrot cake), or the cake is so perfectly spiced and flavorful that you might want to simply. For the decoration, put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat well until smooth.
