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.

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.

CHEESECAKE-SWIRLED CARROT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350° F. Spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with cooking spray, or grease with butter and lightly flour.
• In large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add shredded carrots; toss to coat. In medium bowl, beat brown sugar, pineapple, 4 eggs, vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until combined. Stir in chopped pecans.
• In medium bowl, beat Cream Cheese Swirl ingredients with whisk until smooth.
• Pour half of the cake batter in pan. Spoon cream cheese mixture on top, leaving 1 inch around edges. Spoon remaining cake batter on top.
• Bake about 60 minutes or until cake springs back when gently pressed. Cool in pan 15 minutes, then remove to cooling rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and enough milk to make a thick but pourable glaze. Gently pour over cooled cake; top with pecans. Let stand 30 minutes for frosting to set before serving.