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Saturday, September 26, 2015

carrot cake cheesecake from duncan hines®

Ingredients

  • Servings: 1
  • carrot cake:
  • 1 (21.4 ounce) box duncan hines® classic carrot cake mix
  • 1 cup hot tap water (for soaking carrots and raisins)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 (8.5 ounce) can crushed pineapple, packed in juice, drained well, reserve juice
  • 1/2 cup coconut (optional)
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • cheese cake filling:
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • pineapple cream cheese frosting:
  • 2 ounces cream cheese (softened)
  • 1 tablespoon butter (softened)
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons pineapple juice

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 55 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins

  • carrot cake: soak carrots and raisins in 1 cup hot tap water, allow to stand for 5 mins. drain and squeeze out excess water from carrots and raisins.
  • in mixing bowl add dry mix, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup oil. add well drained carrots, raisins and pineapple. add coconut and walnuts. mix well by hand. spread 2 cups of carrot cake on bottom of a greased 9-9 1/2" springform pan. reserve remaining carrot cake.
  • cheesecake: in large bowl beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. beat in eggs.
  • spread 1/2 of the cheesecake batter on top of the carrot cake. spoon on remaining carrot cake and top with remaining cheese cake batter. do not marble with knife.
  • bake in a 350 degrees f preheated oven for 50-60 mins or until cake is set and cooked through.
  • cool to room temperature. when cake is cooled frost with pineapple cream cheese frosting. or top with duncan hines cream cheese frosting. refrigerate for 3 hours and serve chilled.
  • beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and pineapple juice until smooth. beat in powder sugar until smooth. frost top of cheesecake.

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