Vegan carrot cake

 I've tried to make my favorite recipe vegan before and it didn't work so well. So I tried again today with a secret ingredient and it came out great.

2 cups shredded carrot

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup oil

1/4 cup water

Put this in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook 5 minutes on medium, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.

1 and a half cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1 tsp cloves

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp allspice

1/4 tsp salt

Sift all these together. Add the liquid plus 1/2 cup applesauce. Mix well.

Pour into loaf pan. Bake at 350 / 160 for 50 minutes.