Creamy Nut Cheese Lemon Vanilla Frosting

     I thought I would try to duplicate a cream cheese frosting for my carrot cake without using any cream cheese.  My attempt to make it light and fluffy by whipping the mixture while cooling it in an ice bath failed horribly, so don’t go there.  But the end result still worked well as a frosting for the flaxseed carrot cake.  

Ingredients:

     * 3/4 cup raw cashews
     * 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
     * 1/3 cup Ghee or Coconut oil
     * 1/8 tsp. salt
     * ¼ tsp. Wasabi powder
     * 1 tsp. Vanilla
     * ¼ cup fresh Lemon juice
     * ½ cup water
     * 2 packets of Knox Gelatin
     * ½ cup Dr. Dave’s Double Sugar

     Grind up the Cashews and sunflower seeds in a strong blender until they form a powder.  Add the Ghee, salt, and Wasabi until it forms a soft nut butter consistency.  Add the vanilla and blend a bit more on high speed.

     Next put the water in a saucepan and add the gelatin to it – stir.  Heat the pan, stirring constantly, until you get a light boil then turn down and stir gently until the mixture becomes clear.  Add the Double Sugar and stir until it dissolves.  Turn off heat.

     Turn your blender back on with the nut butter mixture still in it , and add the fresh lemon juice.  This will quickly solidify the mixture.  Turn off the blender and scoop out the mixture and add it to the saucepan with the gelatin mixture.  Mix well and beat as it cools until it forms a soft pudding consistency, then pour/spread this “frosting” over your cake.  It actually tastes pretty good.  Ellen got the spatula and I licked the saucepan.
     
     This whole process may seem like a lot of work, but when you are doing very low carb eating combined with no grains or dairy products there is a special thrill in being able to defy the circumstances and make something that should be impossible when eating this way.  A delicious carrot cake complete with frosting that has almost no carbs, no grains or dairy, is high in fiber, and protein is something you have to experience to believe.

Enjoy