Hippity Hop, Easter’s on it’s way!
How about whipping up a last minute sweet treat
with Carrot Cake mix
Carrot Cake Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese
These tasty rolls are made by mixing Carrot Cake mix
with flour and a yeast mixture
They aren’t hard to make,
just plan on putting them together
when you’re going to be home for a while
because they rise twice
Once they are in the pan, you can refrigerate them overnight
and bake them in the morning
The maple cream is cream cheese,
maple syrup, butter and confectioner’s sugar 😋
Spread a thick layer of maple cream cheese on the rolls
when they come out of the oven
Baby Carrot Cakes with Brown Sugar Icing
and White Chocolate Glaze with coconut & jelly bean topping
These cakes are filled with a brown sugar icing
and a white chocolate glaze is poured over the top
An extra egg is added to the Carrot Cake mix
and I substituted coconut oil for vegetable oil
The cake is baked in a jelly roll pan and
then cut into small circles with a biscuit cutter,
iced and topped with another cake circle
White chocolate glaze is poured over them
then topped with coconut shreds and coconut jelly beans
Cotton Tail Cake
This cake got it’s name because the icing is formed into balls
like cottontails and placed in a ring on top
I added some fresh carrot and chopped walnuts,
reconstituted the packet of dehydrated carrots and raisins
that came with the mix
I used orange juice instead of water,
substituted melted butter for the oil
and added an extra egg and 1 tsp of vanilla
“Cottontails” were fashioned out of buttercream icing
using a cookie scoop and rolled in coconut
Surround it with jelly beans just for fun!
Cottontail Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box carrot cake mix {I recommend Duncan Hines Decadent Classic Carrot}
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 cup shredded fresh carrot
- 1 extra egg 4 eggs total
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
Cotton Tail Icing
- 1 stick (8T) unsalted butter
- 4 cups Confectioner's Sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 Tbsp milk or half and half
- coconut shreds
Instructions
Cake
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions except reconstitute dehyrated carrot and raisin packet with orange juice instead of water. Substitute melted butter for the oil, and add an extra egg. .
- Add 1/2-1 cup each of shredded fresh carrot and chopped walnuts. This makes a texture filled cake so if you don’t like that just leave out these extra carrots and walnuts.
- Bake according to directions, checking often near the end of cooking time so you don’t over bake
Cotton Tail Icing
- Beat butter with sugar, vanilla and milk until smooth and creamy.
- Adjust milk to control the consistency of the icing. Keep it firm enough to form into balls.
- With a cookie dough scoop or spoon, make 12 bunny tails, flattened slightly on one side.
- Sprinkle with coconut and gently press into icing balls. Arrange balls on top of cake, placing the flattened side down.
Baby Carrot Cakes with Brown Sugar Icing and White Chocolate Glaze
Ingredients
- 1 box Carrot cake mix Duncan Hines Deluxe with carrots and raisins
- 4 eggs room temperature [run hot water on them to warm up if necessary]
- 1/4 cup coconut oil or vegetable oil
- 1/2 stick 4 T butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 oz. cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 8 oz. white chocolate baking squares
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper and use a baking spray to spray the sides. Preheat oven to 325
- Remove carrot and raisin packet from cake mix and pour it into a measuring cup with 1 1/2 hot water. Let sit 5 minutes. Put dry cake mix in a mixing bowl. Beat eggs and add to cake mix. Melt coconut oil in microwave and add to cake mix and eggs. Add carrots and raisins, water and all. Stir with a spoon, about 50 strokes to combine ingredients. Spread out evenly on top of parchment and bake for 15-20 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- Make icing by beating cream cheese until fluffy. Beat butter until fluffy [you can use the same beaters]. Beat brown sugar into butter then add vanilla and cream cheese and beat until icing is smooth.
- Cut cake into rounds or squares and ice half of the cut outs with icing and combine to form baby cakes.
- Bring cream to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from heat and add chocolate. Stir stir stir to melt. Let glaze sit for 15-30 to set up a little. Pour glaze liberally over cakes and garnish with coconut and jelly beans if desired. Store in a covered container. Refrigerate to keep them fresh longer.
Carrot Cake Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese
Ingredients
Carrot Cake Rolls
- 1/2 box Carrot Cake Mix
- 1 pkg active dry yeast
- 1 1/4 cups warm water
- 2 1/2 cups flour plus additional 1/4 cup for flouring board and adding to dough if necessary
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup vanilla sugar*
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3 T unsalted butter
Maple Cream Cheese
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 2 oz cream cheese, softened
- 4 Tbsp real maple syrup
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Carrot Cake Rolls
- Sprinkle yeast on top of warm water and let proof 5-10 minutes. Combine flour, cake mix, and salt. Mix in the water with yeast and combine to form dough. Add flour until dough is no longer sticky. Form into a ball, cover with saran, and put in a warm spot to rise for 1 hour.
- Punch dough down, re-cover and let rise 30 more minutes.
- Roll dough out on a floured board into a large rectangle about 1/4″ thick. Spread with softened butter.
- Sprinkle all over with brown sugar and vanilla sugar. Top with chopped pecans.
- Starting from the long side, slowly roll dough into a log, trying to keep it in an even roll. Cut the log into 16 slices, starting in the middle. Cut log in half, then the halves in half again, and so forth until you have 16 even slices.
- Grease a 9 x 13″ baking dish and fill with the roll slices. Refrigerate overnight or bake.
- Bake at 350 15-20 minutes or until done. Rolls are done when you start to smell them and the dough is set on top. Frost immediately with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
Maple Cream Cheese
- Blend everything together to form a smooth frosting, adding more sugar if necessary
Notes
Even if you don’t celebrate Easter,
these are delicious treats!
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