Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing Recipe

 

Bring Disney Magic To Your Holiday Meals!
The Unofficial Disney Parks Holidays Cookbook by Ashley Craft brings the magic of Disney’s holiday celebrations straight to your kitchen. From festivals and holidays to other special events throughout the year, this book features 100 recipes for the best food items Disney’s annual celebrations have to offer. Check it out!

Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Carrot cake with cream cheese icing
Photo courtesy of The Beaz Hive

Ingredients

    Carrot Cake
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/3 cups vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney), divided
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 cups grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup diced fresh pineapple
  • Cream Cheese Icing
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 to 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 to 3 tablespoons milk

Instructions

    Carrot Cake
  1. Soak dried cranberries in orange juice overnight.
  2. Preheat oven to 325° F. Butter and flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney) 12 (1/2 cup) oven-safe ramekins.
  3. Combine sugar, oil, and eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat until light yellow. Stir in vanilla.
  4. Sift together 2 1/2 cups flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney), cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
  5. Add flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney) mixture to sugar-egg mixture, mixing until just combined.
  6. Drain dried cranberries (discard any remaining orange juice). Toss cranberries and walnuts with 1 tablespoon flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney).
  7. Add carrots and pineapple, tossing to combine.
  8. Fold mixture into batter.
  9. Ladle batter into prepared ramekins.
  10. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted into cakes comes out clean.
  11. Cream Cheese Icing
  12. Beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer until smooth.
  13. Beat in 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar and vanilla.
  14. Add more confectioners’ sugar and milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until consistency is spreadable.
  15. While cakes are still warm, turn out of ramekins and spread with icing.
https://www.magicalrecipes.net/food-and-wine-festival-carrot-cake-with-cream-cheese-icing-recipe/

Disclaimer - As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.