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Carrot Coffee Cake

This carrot coffee cake is perfectly spiced, crumbly and buttery. It is flecked with fresh carrots and golden raisins with a vanilla cream cheese filling mixed int and a cinnamon-brown sugar streusel topping. 
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: coffee cake, moist carrot cake
Servings: 12 Slices

Ingredients

For the cream cheese filling:

For the cake:

For the streusel topping:

For the glaze:

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray bottom and sides of a 9-inch cake pan with baking spray.
  • In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg until smooth.
  • In a separate large bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, stir flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt until combined. Use a pastry blender, two knives or fingers to cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in carrots and raisins, if desired.
  • In a separate medium bowl, whisk milk, vanilla and egg until smooth. Add to dry ingredients along with half of cream cheese mixture; stir until just combined.
  • Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Top with remaining cream cheese mixture. Use tip of a knife to lightly swirl cream cheese mixture into batter.
  • Make the streusel topping: In a small bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Use a pastry cutter, two knives or fingers to cut butter into mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over top of cake.
  • Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Combine ingredients for glaze, adding extra powdered sugar or milk as needed to create a smooth, drippy glaze. Drizzle over cooled cake and allow to set before slicing.

Notes

Adapted from Two in the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 335kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 185mg | Potassium: 264mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 4055IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 1mg