Carrot Cake Cheesecake Swirl Cupcakes Recipes

CARROT CAKE CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line muffin pan with liners. Set aside.
• Make the cake batter: In a large bowl, beat together egg, applesauce, oil, sugars, and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir in carrots and nuts, if using. Pour evenly into 12 muffin liners (about 2 tablespoons per cupcake). Set aside.
• Make the cheesecake batter: make sure all ingredients are room temperature to avoid lumps. Mix together cream cheese, sour cream, egg, sugar, and vanilla with a hand-held mixer. Pour evenly on top of cake batter in muffin pan (about 1-2 tablespoons per cupcake).
• Bake for about 18-25 minutes, until cheesecake is no longer runny. Cool completely. Chill at least 1 hour before serving. You can frost them once they're room temperature, but don't serve until they've chilled a bit so the cheesecake can set.
• Make the frosting: Using a hand mixer, cream butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Slowly add in powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Frosting option: use a 1M tip for a beautiful cupcake. Store in refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze unfrosted cupcakes for up to 1 month.

CHEESECAKE SWIRL CARROT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Generously grease a 12-15 cup (2,839-3,548ml) capacity Bundt pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the oil, eggs, brown sugar, applesauce, vanilla, and orange zest together until combined and no brown sugar lumps remain. Set aside. In another large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves together until combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and, using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, fold the ingredients together until just combined. Fold in the carrots and pecans. You will have about 6 cups of batter. Pour and spread half of the batter into the bottom of the prepared Bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl using a hand-held or stand mixer fitted with a paddle or whisk attachment, beat the cream cheese for 1 minute on medium speed until completely smooth and creamy. Add the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Beat on high speed until completely combined. Spread cream cheese mixture in an even layer on top of the carrot cake batter and try to avoid spreading it all the way to the edges of the pan. It's a thick mixture, so do your best to spread.
• Pour and spread the remaining carrot cake batter evenly on top and then use a knife to very gently swirl the batters together.
• Bake for 55-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. This cake is large and heavy and takes quite some time to bake, so do not be discouraged if yours takes longer. Cover the cake loosely with aluminum foil if you begin to see the top browning quickly. Once done, remove from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes inside the pan.
• After 30 minutes, invert the slightly cooled Bundt cake onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely. Make sure cake has cooled completely before glazing, slicing, and serving.
• Whisk the glaze ingredients together. If desired, use more liquid to thin out or more confectioners' sugar to thicken. Drizzle over cake. Slice and serve.
• Cover leftovers tightly and store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

CARROT CAKE CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare a muffin tin by lining it with cupcake liners. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl.
• Whisk together in a separate medium bowl the white and brown sugar, eggs and oil until well combined. Stir in the shredded carrots.
• Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.
• Scoop about 1 1/2 tbsp of carrot cake batter into each cupcake liner. Top with about 1-2 tbsp of cheesecake filling, smoothing out the filling with a knife or spoon to cover the carrot cake batter.
• Bake for about 22-24 minutes or until mostly set in the middle. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then transfer to the refrigerator while still in the muffin tin to chill for 1-2 hours. Once completely cooled, frost the top of the cupcakes with a dollop of cream cheese frosting. See notes above about storing and freezing.
• Beat together the softened cream cheese, eggs, sugar, flour and vanilla until creamy and smooth.
• Beat together the powdered sugar, softened cream cheese and butter and vanilla until smooth and fluffy.