This Omnia vegan carrot cake proved very popular at Camp Quirky 2023. Vegan cakes can be difficult to make as it can be difficult to get them to rise. The mixture of baking powder and vinegar in this recipe is the key to a well risen vegan cake. The acid from the vinegar interacts with the baking powder and forms bubbles, don’t worry you can’t taste the vinegar in it. It is important to wait until you are ready to put the cake into the oven before adding the wet ingredients because of this process. If you really don’t like the idea of adding vinegar in your cake you can use lemon juice instead.
This vegan omnia carrot cake can be made with the addition of chopped walnuts for some texture. You can also add some cinnamon for an extra depth of flavour.
As always with the Omnia, we would advise cooking this carrot cake low and slow, but in the case of this cake giving it a quick blast at the beginning can really help with the rise. If you would like any tips when cooking with the Omnia oven we share them here.
We used pre-made icing for ease when making this carrot cake, especially when at a festival. However, vegan frosting is pretty easy to make. It cooks quickly and stores well in an air tight container for a couple of days. Great for sharing with friends when at events and get togethers.
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Vegan Omnia carrot cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup self raising flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup soy milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vinegar white or apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 carrot large, grated
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1 tub vegan frosting
Instructions
- Pre-heat the Omnia without the silicone mould in, while mixing the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger and nutmeg.
- When the oven is hot add in the wet ingredients to the bowl. Mix in the plant based milk, oil, vinegar and vanilla extract. The mixture will begin fizzing which is normal. try to mix the ingredients through without over beating.
- Fold through the grated carrot & raisins. You can also add chopped walnuts at this point if you would like to.
- Pour into the mould and then place into the Omnia oven.
- Bake on a medium / high flame for the first 5 minutes to help the cake rise. Then turn down to a low medium heat and bake for the remaining 20 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Take the mould out the oven and leave to cool for 10-15 minutes until cool enough to turn out.
- When cool, ice with the pre-made vegan frosting, or make your own! See the recipe notes for a link.
