Mini Carrot Cake Recipe

A carrot cake is a very good cake, and moderation is a great way to enjoy your favorite cakes. These miniature carrot cakes are not only small and convenient, but they taste great too.

I love making these tasty cakes for my family because everyone can have their own. Plus, since carrots are sold year around, there’s no worrying about the right time or the right season to make this cake.

These miniature carrot cakes are a healthy alternative to the rich chocolate cake which is also rather tasty and another one of my favorites.

Yield: 35 mini cakes [singlepic=35,320,240,,right]

Ingredients:

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup sugar
• 1¼ cups grated carrots
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 (8 ¼ ounce) can crushed pineapple; drained
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese; softened
• ¼ cup butter or margarine; softened
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 to 2 ½ cups sifted powdered sugar

Directions:

1) Combine first six ingredients in a large bowl. Combine carrots and next four ingredients, mixing well. Add to dry ingredients, and beat at medium speed of an electric mixer for two minutes.

2) Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan. Turn cake out onto a cutting board. Cut cake into individual servings, using a 1 ¾ inch round cutter.

3) Combine cream cheese and butter, mixing well. Add vanilla and enough powdered sugar to reach desired consistency; spoon into a decorating bag. Using a star tip, pipe a rosette on top of each cake.

With this recipe it is also important to remember that these cakes can be baked in lightly greased miniature (1 ¾ inch) muffin pans. All that you need to do is to bake following the directions, nearly the same, except that you will need to bake them for only 13-14 minutes in a 350 degree oven. This will create 4 ½ dozen carrot cake muffins… yummy!

If you haven’t tried miniature desserts, then perhaps you should give miniature carrot cakes a shot. Moist and tasty, this is a little piece of miniature delight that you won’t soon forget.