Carrot Cake Smoothie (No Banana!)

A smoothie that tastes just like carrot cake with carrots, walnuts, dates, almond milk and an optional drop of vanilla. No bananas, no sugar and full of goodness!

I know I probably say this every time I make a new smoothie recipe BUT this really IS the best smoothie I've ever had!

This smoothie came about after I had a few carrots leftover in the fridge and decided to look for a carrot cake smoothie recipe online.

However, I wasn't satisfied with any of the recipes already out there and so created my own.

All of the recipes I found had bananas in which:

a) I don't tolerate well in their raw form and

b) totally transforms the taste of a "carrot cake" flavoured smoothie into something different.

So I decided to create my own with just a few simple ingredients, resulting in a thick, smooth, flavourful smoothie that is made with nothing but a few natural ingredients but tastes just like carrot cake.

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Ingredients for a banana-free carrot cake smoothie

• Carrot - Obviously!
  
  
• Walnut halves - Preferably soaked overnight so they're easier to blend and digest. These are a classic carrot cake ingredient and what's more is that they give a wonderful creamy, thick texture to the smoothie.
  
  
• Spices - I use ground cinnamon and ground mixed spice. If you're outside of the UK, pumpkin pie spice works in place of mixed spice.
  
  
• Dates - For natural sweetness. I recommend Mejool but any dates are fine.
  
  
• Unsweetened dairy-free milk - Almond or coconut milk are great choices.
  
  
• Vanilla extract - Really helps give it that "cake" flavour!