Inside Out Carrot Cake Recipes

INSIDE-OUT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, beat filling ingredients till well mixed. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, make the cake mix: Combine eggs and sugar and beat till light. Add carrots and oil and beat till well combined. In another bowl, mix dry ingredients and add to carrot mixture. Stir in walnuts and raisins.
• Grease and flour a 10 inch fluted tube pan. Place 3 cups of mix into pan and top with filling mixture. Place remaining batter on top of filling covering as much as possible. Bake 350° for 55-60 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes and remove from pan. Cool completely and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Refrigerate leftovers.

INSIDE OUT CARROT CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 375. Butter 2 baking sheets
• Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt in a bowl.
• Beat together butter, sugars, egg and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in carrots, nuts and raisins at low speed, then add flour mixture until combined.
• Drop 1-1/2 tablespoons batter per cookie 2 inches apart on baking sheets and bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are lightly brown and springy to the touch, 12 to 16 minutes total.
• Cool cookies on sheets on rack for 1 minute, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
• While cookies are baking, blend cream cheese and honey in a food processor until smooth
• Sandwich flat sides of cookies together with generous tablespoons of cream cheese filling between.

INSIDE-OUT CARROT CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 375F. GREASE 2 BAKING SHEETS.
• 2. WHISK TOGETHER FLOUR, CINNAMON, BAKING SODA AND SALT IN MEDIUM BOWL.
• 3. BEAT TOGETHER BUTTER, SUGARS, EGG AND VANILLA IN A BOWL WITH AN ELECTRIC MIXER AT MEDIUM SPEED UNTIL PALE AND FLUFFY, ABOUT 2 MINUTES.
• 4. MIX IN CARROTS, NUTS AND RAISINS AT LOW SPEED. ADD IN FLOUR AND BEAT UNTIL JUST COMBINED.
• 5. DROP BY 1 1/2 TBSP OF BATTER PER COOKIE 2 INCHES APART ON BAKING SHEETS AND BAKE, ABOUT 12-16 MINUTES OR UNTIL COOKIES ARE LIGHTLY BROWN AND SPRING BAKE WHEN TOUCHED.
• 6. COOL COOKIE FOR 1 MINUTE, THEN TRANSFER TO RACKS TO COOL COMPLETELY.
• 7. WHILE COOKIES COOL, BLEND CREAM CHEESE AND HONEY UNTIL SMOOTH. FROST ON FLAT SIDES WIT A TBSP OF FILLING. PRESS TOGETHER.