Carrot Cake Parfaits

By srumbel

Easy made from scratch carrot cake and cream cheese frosting recipe layered in parfait glasses
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Ingredients

• Carrot Cake
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup finely grated carrots
• 1 - 8 oz canned crushed pineapple, drained
• 1/4 cup gold raisins
• 1/4 cup sweetened coconut flakes
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• Cream Cheese Frosting
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 4 cups confectioner's sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 85mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, mix sugar, oil, and eggs until well combined. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients and mix until smooth. Stir in carrots, pineapple, raisin, coconut flakes, and walnuts until well combined. Pour cake batter into a greased 8 inch round baking pan. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool completely before removing from the pan (about one hour).
While the cake is cooling, add softened butter and cream cheese to a stand mixer or you can use a hand mixer and beat until smooth. Add confectioner's sugar and vanilla. Beat until creamy.
To layer the parfaits, start by cutting the carrot cake into 6 large slices. For each parfait, crumble half a slice of carrot cake into the bottom of a glass. Pipe or spoon in a little of the cream cheese frosting. Repeat both steps and top with chopped walnuts.

Serves 6


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