Carrot Cake
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8 servings
Lovely cake using the goodness of carrots. Great for Halloween!
Ingredients
- 3 apples
- 1 banana
- 1/2 cup soaked apricots
- 2tsp all spice
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 2 carrots, grated
- dash salt
- 1 cup buckwheat or spelt flour or ground sunflower seeds
Preparation
Put all the ingredients except the carrots into a food processor. Process until creamy. Mix in the grated carrot and spread mixture onto teflex sheet and form into a large square or use spoonfuls to make individual sized buns. Dry at 145 for an hour or two, then flip over using another tray lined with teflex, peel back the original teflex. Dry until firm on the outside and reasonably ‘cooked’ on the inside. If drying more than 3 hours turn down dryer to 115 (as recommended by Gabriel Cousens)
Make an icing using your favourite nut cream OR blend an orange, 2 bananas, 1 dessertspoon coconut oil, pinch salt, agave to taste, vanilla adding enough water to create desired thickness. Cover the cake and decorate with poppy seeds or seasonal fruits, whatever you want. Enjoy!!
Comments
farsi_strada writes: (October 28, 2007)
This is a really easy recipe and it looks so good. I can’t wait to make it.
humanimal writes: (October 28, 2007)
looks beautiful!
ilikenuts writes: (October 28, 2007)
u make me crave a dehydrator even More! is there a way to make this without a dehydrator…
Bluedolfin writes: (October 29, 2007)
If you have a gas oven that has a pilot light, check the temp in it. Or if your oven has a light in it, turn it on and check the temp in a few hours to see how warm it gets. Use an oven thermometer that can stay in the oven when it is on. That way, you don’t need to open the door to check it. Not the most efficient of ways to dehydrate, but may work.
Bluedolfin writes: (October 29, 2007)
The above comment is for ilikenuts… :-)
Linda writes: (October 29, 2007)
Sweetpea, just curious about the dehydrator sheet you are using. I don’t recognize the one in your picture as the typical teflex sheet. Have you found something non-teflex to use in your dehydrator? Love the recipe idea, can’t wait to try it out!
Matt writes: (October 29, 2007)
Mmmm…. Poppyseeds! That cake looks yummy.
sweetpea writes: (October 30, 2007)
Hi everyone, thank you for your comments. It is really easy to make! I’ve been making variations quite often! Great with banana custard. Linda, I found teflon sheets in the supermarket, they are a substitute from the traditional ones you might buy but do the same job. They were alot cheaper too!
shgadwa writes: (January 15, 2008)
Hello,
Could I use pulp from the juicer and maybe just add some honey or something like that to it?? Also, would wax paper work for the teflex sheets. I do not have any.
jmasterson writes: (January 25, 2008)
you think i could use flax powder instead??
ilikenuts writes: (February 17, 2008)
thank u bluedolfin!:)
marcell writes: (March 10, 2008)
i love cakes, im gonna be the first human being living on rawfood cakes only!
sweetpea writes: (March 26, 2008)
Yes, you can use flax powder, always goes quite well in cakes.
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