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Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts

March 25, 2015 By Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com 13 Comments

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts

 

Miniature desserts are just the best. Betchya can’t eat just one? Bet you’re right! Because, why would you? When they are small it’s perfectly acceptable to eat 3… or 4… or 10.

 

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Glaze & Toasted Sweetened Coconut.

 

Rainbow Carrots for Carrot Cake

 

Carrots are an odd vegetable. These Oompa Loompa colored roots are usually tossed into a salad as an afterthought, ground up into oblivion for baby food, or maybe roasted if you are lucky.

 

I recently ended up with a ton of organic rainbow carrots, and after some research and tasting, was shocked to find that the various colors actually do taste a bit different from one another. I guess I had just assumed that they all tasted like rabbit food, ya know?

 

Rainbow Carrots for Carrot Cake

 

Orange carrots… you know what those taste like. Purple roots have a much sweeter taste, and are generally orange on the inside. It’s like an orange carrot with a shiny Members Only jacket on to spruce it up. The yellow, or white carrots, have the sweetest taste with a much less ‘earthy’ vibe.

 

Since I’m incredibly indecisive, I just shredded and threw a bit of them all into the mix. Sorta looks like an orange carrot threw a sweet 16 for a yellow carrot and invites the purples to tag along.

 

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts

 

Typically, I’m a fried doughnut fan to the core. That super light interior just isn’t reproduced in an oven. BUT… carrot cake just screams for that more dense, cake-like texture. It also gave me a great excuse to pull out my cute little doughnut cooker that I was given a while back (great food lover gift, btw). This is the same super convenient kitchen tool that was used to make the legendary Samoa Mini Doughnuts a while back.

 

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts

 

Piped and baked, leaving these to cook before you cover them in vanilla bean cream cheese frosting (obviously) will be one of the hardest things you’ll have to do. On their own, they taste like a bite-sized spiced brunch in your hand.

 

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts

 

It can’t be a carrot cake without a bit of toasted sweetened coconut. Even if you don’t normally like coconut-anything, you’ve gotta just try this homemade toasted topping. It couldn’t be any easier, and gives the perfect caramelized crunch that takes the cake to these mini masterpieces.

 

 

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts

 

Who said that eating your veggies couldn’t be this deliciously simple?! Getting those 5 servings of vegetables per day has never been easier!

 

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts

 

Pour a large coffee for these. You’re gonna want to have a moment with these. Probably several moments. It’s ok. Remember… They’re minis! Have another.

 

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts

 

 

 

Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
5 mins
Total time
10 mins
 
Homemade Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts topped with Cream Cheese Glaze and Toasted Sweetened Coconut by SouthernFATTY.com
Serves: ~ 1 dozen
Ingredients
Doughnuts
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, melted
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • ½ tablespoon vanilla bean paste or extract
  • 1 plus ¾ cup flour, AP
  • ½ cup almond flour (optional - can replace with AP flour if unavailable)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ginger, ground
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ⅛ teaspoon clove, ground
  • 1 cup carrots, shredded (I prefer organic rainbow carrots - adds great color and taste)
Glaze
  • 4 oz cream cheese, room temp/softened
  • 1 plus ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2-4 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
  • toasted sweetened coconut
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 375 F if using a mini doughnut pan, or doughnut maker if using that nifty gadget.
  2. Combine buttermilk, melted butter (cool a bit first), honey, vanilla, eggs in bowl.
  3. Sift all dry ingredients together well in separate bowl.
  4. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients bowl in a few small batches.
  5. Fold in carrots. Mix only until combined.
  6. Fill doughnut pan or doughnut maker molds with batter and cook until golden (4-8 minutes).
  7. Cool on rack.
  8. Combine glaze sugar and cream cheese in mixer with whisk or beater blade (best mixer tool ever!) until very smooth.
  9. Add heavy cream as needed to get a thick but movable texture to glaze. I prefer it to be fairly thick to coat well.
  10. Dip cooled doughnuts in glaze and top with toasted sweetened coconut.
  11. Enjoy!
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Notes
2015 - SouthernFATTY.com
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1-2 doughnuts
3.5.3226

 

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Confections / Sweets, Vegetable Tagged With: baked, bite sized, cake, carrot, coco, dessert, donuts, doughnuts, mini, sweet

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  1. Brenda Wilkins

    April 7, 2021 at 6:40 am

    These are the cutest thing ! I would love to make them but I don’t have that cute little doughnut maker. Can you clarify the instructions,.Type of alternative pan,oven temperature and cooking time. Thanks

    Reply
  2. Giannia

    November 15, 2017 at 9:50 pm

    Awesome recipe! They were a hit among my friends!

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      November 15, 2017 at 10:43 pm

      Awww, great! So glad!

      Reply
  3. Sarah @ Sarah's Bake Studio

    April 10, 2015 at 10:11 am

    These are so cute and look tasty! I know a lot of carrot cake lovers who would LOVE these!

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      November 15, 2017 at 10:43 pm

      Thaaaaanks!

      Reply
  4. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche

    April 8, 2015 at 11:20 am

    Oh these are just gorgeous!! I love that you used rainbow carrots too, SO pretty 🙂

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      April 8, 2015 at 12:07 pm

      Thanks! I really was the type to stick (har har) to regular old carrots before, but these are def becoming my go-to! So much better to look at and a bit different tastes.

      Love you blog name!

      Reply
  5. Anne Marie

    March 31, 2015 at 9:26 pm

    First of all: WHERE HAS THIS MINI DONUT MAKER BEEN HIDING ALL OF MY LIFE? And second of all…10 mini donuts equal like a half a donut, right? Haha because there is no way I’d be able to keep my paws off these! Can’t wait to try them. 🙂

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      April 1, 2015 at 4:37 pm

      Right?! I’ve used that little thing for soooo many midnight experiments. 10 totally = 1/2. Totally. Thanks!

      Reply
  6. Mary @chattavore

    March 28, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    I have been wanting some doughnuts for a while now…not sure why I haven’t made them, but these look like a good recipe to satisfy my craving. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      March 30, 2015 at 12:08 pm

      I think that my favorite part of making these was that they were in my mouth within 15 minutes… Hah!

      Reply
  7. Ben Maclain

    March 26, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    They look outrageously delicious (or dangerous?) Phillip! I was going to stop making donuts for the time being since we’ve had them enough recently, but I won’t be able to sleep now until I make these guys. That’s good we have a lot of carrots. I got them for salads indeed but who cares about salads when you can make donuts, right? Great work!

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      March 26, 2015 at 5:09 pm

      Salads are for rabbits! Thanks for the love, Ben!

      Reply

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