Eggless Carrot Cake - FAIL!!

I am sad to announce that my first ever vegan bake off went VERY badly!  It tasted absolutely delicious, but the texture was very soggy because it didn't rise properly.

I've done some research, and apparently the rescue remedy is to use self raising flour AND baking powder AND bicarb to get it to rise with no eggs.

These are the adapted recipes which include the baking powder and bicarb - next week I'm buying free range eggs!


Utterly Vegan Carrot Cake

Recipe taken from this website

Ingredients:

• Carrots 225g
• Sultanas 170g
• SR Flour 280g
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarb
• Sugar 170g
• Ground Cinnamon 1tsp
• Ground Ginger 1 tsp
• Fresh nutmeg 1 tsp
• Vegan Margarine 200g
• Orange juice 200ml
• Orange Zest 1 tsp
• Vanilla Ext 1/2 tsp
• pinch of salt


Method


Get yourself prepared by preheating the oven to 170 Degrees Celsius, lining the tin, weighing out all the ingredients and getting all the utensils out your going to need.



1. Mix the sugar and margarine together in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.



2. Grate the Carrots and add to the mix.


3. Add the sultanas to the mix (soak sultanas overnight in the orange juice.)





4.  Sift the flour, bicarb, baking soda, salt, spices and vanilla into the mix and stir well.








5. Spread out in the baking tin and place in the oven for 20 minutes until nice and brown on the top and cooked in the middle.









Next week's Vegan Bake Off Challenge

My first ever attemot at Whoopie Pies!