It’s day seven of Cupcake a Day May. It’s also Topless Thursday – which means no frosting!
First up on Topless Thursday are Carrot Cheesecake Cupcakes. I figured that as cream cheese frosting is so good with carrot cake, cream cheese on the inside has to be a winner!
Winner’s podium…
The carrot cake is a little different to my usual carrot cake recipe, and the best difference is the addition of white chocolate chips, which get all caramelized during the baking process. And the cheesecake? What can I say – creamy baked cheesecake, a little lemony, swirled through the carrot cake… Sigh. Such a fresh, spicy combo, and so moist! They’re also simple to make. The batch I made for the blog took 45 minutes, start to finish.
Carrot Cheesecake Cupcakes
Carrot Cheesecake Cupcakes
makes 12
ingredients – carrot cake
1 egg
2 tbsp butter, melted
2/3 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup grated carrot
1/3 grated apple
1/2 cup white chocolate, finely chopped
2 tbsp walnuts, finely chopped
pinch grated orange rind
ingredients – cheesecake
250g cream cheese
100g sweetened condensed milk
1 egg
Zest of half a lemon
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, extra, for sprinkling
mixing
Mix all carrot cake ingredients in a large bowl until well combined.
Beat the cream cheese in a separate bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat in the sweetened condensed milk until all incorporated. Beat in egg and lemon zest.
The mixtures. So easy!
Line a 12 hole muffin tin with cupcake cases, spray with non stick spray.
Spoon the carrot mixture into the bottom of the cupcake cases, but don’t smooth them out. Spoon the cheesecake mixture over. This should nearly fill the case.using a teaspoon, carefully dig into each cupcake and turn the spoon over, keeping it in the mixture to marble the carrot mixture and the cheesecake mixture together. Scrape any mixture stuck to the spoon back into the cupcake.
Carrot Cake, Cheesecake, Marbled and Sprinkled, Baking
Sprinkle with chopped walnuts, and bake at 180 degrees C for 22 minutes, or until the cupcakes are nicely risen and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Carrot Cheesecake Cupcakes
Just before publishing this blog, I got some feedback from a taste tester:
“genuinely one of the greatest cakes i have ever eaten”
Good praise.
Enjoy!xxx
I am so going to make these 🙂 Easy enough for me to try and they look super yummy !!
Yay. I told you you could do it!