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Baked Carrot Cake Donuts with Cream Cheese Glaze - Soft, moist donuts that taste exactly like a delicious slice of your favourite carrot cake.

Baked Carrot Cake Donuts

5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 16 -20 Donuts

Ingredients

For the Donuts:

  • 2 ⅔ cups flour
  • 2 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon All Spice
  • ¼ Pecan Nuts chopped
  • ¾ Cup Grated Carrots
  • 2 teaspoon teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¼ cup butter melted
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 teaspoon Vanilla

For the Glaze:

  • ½ Cup Soft Cream Cheese
  • 3 Cups Powdered Sugar more if not stiff enough
  • ¼ Cup Milk
  • ¼ Cup Pecan Nuts Chopped

Instructions 

For the Donuts:

  • Preheat the oven to 220ºC/425ºF and spray donut pan with non-stick spray.
  • Mix together the eggs, milk, sour cream, melted butter, oil and vanilla.
  • Stir in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, all spice, salt, cinnamon and sugar.
  • Mix the wet and dry ingredients until well incorporated.
  • Then fold in the grated carrots and pecan nuts.
  • Pipe (or spoon carefully) the batter into the donut pan.
  • Bake for 8-10min and allow to cool slightly. Then transfer them to a wire rack and bake the remaining batter.

For the glaze:

  • Mix all the ingredients (except the pecan nuts) together until completely smooth.
  • Dip each donut into the glaze and sprinkle some nuts over each donut.
  • Devour.
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