Oil free Carrot Apple Cake with 'frosting'

[blissful]

I needed a little cake. My birthday was the 25th and I'm still celebrating in little ways.

The frosting: Fermented soy milk to yogurt, strained it for an hour, then added honey and almond extract, stirred until smooth and refrigerated.

Prepare an 8 inch round cake pan with a piece of parchment to fit.

In a food Processor with rotating blade.

Process 1.5 cups oatmeal to a flour, remove flour to a bowl.

Change the blade out for a shredder. Set aside blade for a moment.

Shred 2 carrots and 1 apple.

Replace the blade into the processor.

Add: 1/4 c walnuts
2 T raisins
3-4 T honey
3/4 T cinnamon
pinch of salt
1 t baking soda
1/2 t dried lemon zest
Blend this up, add it to the bowl of oat flour and mix.

Add enough liquid to make it stick together (about 1/3 cup water/honey combined).
Then, add 1 and 1/2 T lemon juice (to foam the baking soda).
Stir and then spoon into the prepared cake pan.

Bake at 350 deg F for 50 minutes.
Let cool on the counter.

Serve in slices with the 'frosting' of yogurt/honey/extract.

IT was SO GOOD! I cook for myself, to my taste. Mr bliss also enjoyed the cake and frosting. MMMM

 

[taxlady]

Happy Birthday @blissful

 

[In A Pickle]

Happy birthday
Hope your cake hit the birthday spot!

 

[dragnlaw]

That cake sounds quite tasty! Hope you put some candles on it?

Happy happy birthday
to you, blissful! ​

 

[blissful]

thanks for the birthday wishes. I'd offer you all a piece of cake, but I'm betting it's all gone by tonight!

 

[Meryl]

Sounds good @blissful .

Happy belated birthday!

 

[blissful]

with yogurt frosting

and strawberries

mmmmmmmm

I'll be making this again. We both really liked it.

 

[taxlady]

with yogurt frosting

and strawberries

mmmmmmmm

I'll be making this again. We both really liked it.

 

[KatyCooks]

Happy Birthday Blissful! Hope you had a lovely day!

This cake sounds interesting... I am not a cake baker generally, so I hope you don't mind a question or two?

What is the texture like? Fairly dense I would think? (Not a criticism - just trying to manage expectations!)

The frosting sounds even more interesting! I like the sound of the flavours, but what sort of texture should I expect if I made it? (spread or drizzle for instance)

 

[Kathleen]

Happy Birthday (Belated) Blissful!!! You celebrated like I would: By eating lots of cake! May all your wishes come true in the next rotation around the sun!!!

 

[blissful]

Happy Birthday Blissful! Hope you had a lovely day!

This cake sounds interesting... I am not a cake baker generally, so I hope you don't mind a question or two?

What is the texture like? Fairly dense I would think? (Not a criticism - just trying to manage expectations!)

The frosting sounds even more interesting! I like the sound of the flavours, but what sort of texture should I expect if I made it? (spread or drizzle for instance)

Thanks Katy,
The cake is dense, though the recipe it was adapted from kept saying how light it was but there is no way it could be light. The flavors really made it special. I had it warm and I had it cold, it was good both ways.

The frosting is made from thick (greek style) yogurt that I made. I fermented it (soy milk) 18 hours, then poured that into a sieve lined with cheese cloth and let that sit more than an hour. It was thick. I added honey and extract. It's more like a cream cheese spread than it is like a soupy yogurt.

If I was going to buy yogurt then I'd strain it until it was thick, or just use cream cheese instead. It tasted RICH! Yum.

(what I find to be the most pleasing for me, is to HAVE something so special that tastes so good and to have zero guilt over the ingredients. Another point of pleasure is that different textures give a lovely contrast-the creamy frosting, the dense fruit oat chew, and the fresh juicy strawberries.)

 

[KatyCooks]

Thanks Katy,
The cake is dense, though the recipe it was adapted from kept saying how light it was but there is no way it could be light. The flavors really made it special. I had it warm and I had it cold, it was good both ways.

The frosting is made from thick (greek style) yogurt that I made. I fermented it (soy milk) 18 hours, then poured that into a sieve lined with cheese cloth and let that sit more than an hour. It was thick. I added honey and extract. It's more like a cream cheese spread than it is like a soupy yogurt.

If I was going to buy yogurt then I'd strain it until it was thick, or just use cream cheese instead. It tasted RICH! Yum.

(what I find to be the most pleasing for me, is to HAVE something so special that tastes so good and to have zero guilt over the ingredients. Another point of pleasure is that different textures give a lovely contrast-the creamy frosting, the dense fruit oat chew, and the fresh juicy strawberries.)

I really like the idea of the differences in texture. (And I think I might get some Greek yoghurt, which has a lovely texture, and add those flavours to it for the frosting.) I am gong to give this a whirl Blissful (albeit a slight variation!) BTW I assume the "extract" is vanilla?

 

[blissful]

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of it.
The extract was almond but vanilla would be lovely too.

 

[KatyCooks]

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of it.
The extract was almond but vanilla would be lovely too.

I love Almond flavour, so Almond extract it is! ;-)