Carrot Cake Donuts
These baked Carrot Cake Donuts feature a tender and delicious donut topped with a creamy brown sugar + cream cheese frosting. These donuts are perfect for Easter!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 612kcal
Ingredients
For the Carrot Cake Donuts
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup grated carrots ~2 medium carrots
- ¼ cup golden raisins
- ½ cup walnuts chopped, can substitute pecans
For the Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 oz. cream cheese room temperature
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 Tbsp light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 1-1½ Tbsp milk
- {garnish} ½ cup walnuts chopped and toasted, can substitute pecans
Instructions
For the Carrot Cake Donuts
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray a 6-cup donut pan with nonstick baking spray; set pan aside.
- Using a large bowl, add the dry ingredients (flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger, salt and nutmeg); stir until well combined.
- Using a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients (vegetable oil, milk, egg and vanilla extract).
- Fold the carrots, raisins and walnuts into the liquid mixture.
- Pour the liquid mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients; gently mix until well combined. (Note: The batter will be thick.)
- Spoon or pipe the donut batter into the greased donut pan.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into one of the donuts comes out mostly clean.
- Let donuts cool in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting
- Using a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth.
- Add brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; mix until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar; mix until smooth.
- Add milk until frosting loosens enough to be able to spread (Note: frosting should still be thick).
- Garnish with toasted chopped walnuts.
Nutrition
Calories: 612kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 16g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 191mg | Potassium: 321mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 47g | Vitamin A: 3105IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 2mg
