Vegan carrot cake with cream topping and walnuts

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Pre-heat the oven at 180 degrees celcius. Use a cake pan with a diameter of 24 centimeters. Make sure this is greased with olive oil.

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• 250 g flour
• 1 tbsp baking soda
• ½ tbsp salt
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tbsp ground cardamom
• 1 tbsp nutmeg

Mix the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cardemom and nutmeg in a bowl and put aside.

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• 180 ml plant-based butter (melted)
• 100 g dark brown sugar
• 50 g sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla sugar

Mix the melted butter, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla sugar together.

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• 2 bananas

Smash the bananas and add them to the butter mixture.

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Add the dry ingredients and fold them in with a wooden spoon. Do not mix!

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• 500 g carrots

Add the carrots (grated) to the mixture and fold them in with the wooden spoon. Again, do not mix!

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Put the cake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 35 to 40 minutes. When done, let rest until completely cooled down.

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• 250 g plant-based butter
• 200 g powdered sugar

Now we make the butter spread! Put the butter in a mixer and mix it on the highest speed until the color is turned white. Add the powdered sugar little by little and mix through after every addition.

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• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Add a tablespoon of vanilla extract to the mixture and mix again.