Wicked Carrot Cake | Vegan Recipes | Tesco Real Food

Ingredients

• 95ml vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing
• 130g light brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ orange, zested
• 225ml soy drink
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
• 1 very ripe banana, peeled and mashed until smooth
• 245g plain flour
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ fine salt
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 225g peeled and grated carrot (reserve the top 1-2cm for decoration)
• 80g pecans, roughly chopped
• 45g baking block for biscuits and pastry, at room temperature
• 110g Violife soft cheese alternative
• 500g icing sugar, sieved
• 70g Lotus Biscoff biscuits
• 30g pecans, toasted and crushed
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg