Baked Carrot Cake Doughnuts Recipe
Two classic treats combined into one! You simply cannot go wrong!
Baked Carrot Cake Doughnuts Recipe
OneSixtyDegrees
12
15 minutes
10 minutes
Two classics combined into one! You simply cannot go wrong!
Ingredients
Baked Doughnuts
- 100g Whitworths Light Muscovado Sugar
- 80g Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
- 1 Large Egg, at room temperature
- 185g Plain Flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- ½ Tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ Tsp Ground Nutmeg
- ¼ Tsp Ground Ginger
- 120ml Whole Milk
- 80g Finely Grated Carrot (approx. 1 Medium Carrot)
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 45g Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
- 80g Full Fat Cream Cheese, at room temperature
- 180g Whitworths Icing Sugar, sifted
- 1-2 Tsp Milk
- 40g Walnuts, chopped
Directions
Baked Doughnuts
Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C fan and lightly grease your doughnut pan/silicone moulds with vegetable oil
Cream together the light muscovado sugar and butter in a bowl until light and fluffy
Add the egg and mix
In a separate bowl, combine the plain flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. These are your dry ingredients
Add half the milk and half the dry ingredients to the sugar and butter mixture and mix
Repeat with the remaining halves
Place the grated carrot between a few sheets of kitchen towel and press once to remove some of the carrot juice
Fold in the grated carrot
Transfer the mixture to a piping bag and fill each doughnut mould approx. ¾ full
Bake in the oven for 10-12 mins
Leave the doughnuts in the moulds for 5 mins, then remove and cool on a wire rack
Cream Cheese Frosting
With a handheld or stand mixer, beat the butter for 3-5 mins until it has a spreadable consistency
Add the cream cheese and beat again until smooth. It is important your cream cheese is at room temperature, otherwise you will end up with lumpy frosting
Sift in the icing sugar and beat for 3-5 mins. You might need to add in some milk at this point but it will depend on how much liquid came out of the cream cheese. You want the frosting to be of a similar consistency to thick cream. If the frosting is too runny it will drip down the sides of the doughnuts
Dip the top of each doughnut into the frosting, twisting as you remove them. Use the back of a teaspoon to spread the frosting
Top with chopped walnuts and enjoy!