Carrot cake is always at or near the top of favorite desserts, for good reason. It is moist, filled with flavor and texture, and is usually easy to make. So we thought, why not take a look at how creative folks are with the concept of carrot cake.
Take a look at these 30 recipes including a tropical version, gluten-free, carrot cake muffins, crepes, pancakes, quick breads, carrot cake popsicles(!), a recipe called “Bunny Tails”, one filled with cream cheese mousse…and a carrot cake especially for dogs!
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
This is the classic carrot cake, filled with shredded carrots, brown sugar, raisins, cinnamon and nuts (walnuts or pecans. Oil based, so it is soft and tender – and easy to make even without a mixer. The cream cheese frosting is lactose-free! Get the recipe for Gluten-Free Carrot Cake.
Tropical Carrot Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
This is a tropical carrot cake with pineapple, macadamia nuts, coconut, crystallized ginger, and a coconut cream cheese frosting – and no raisins in sight! It makes a great birthday cake, as well as bake sale, or office party cake. Get the recipe for Tropical Carrot Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting.
Gluten-Free Banana Carrot Cake Chia Corn Muffins
These muffins are in mash-up of banana bread, carrot cake, and corn muffins, with chia seeds thrown in for extra protein and texture. Get the recipe for Banana Carrot Cake Chia Corn Muffins.
Poppy Seed Carrot Cake Banana Bread
We love combining ingredients and flavors that we think go well together. In this case a quick bread that is part banana bread and part carrot cake is enlivened with poppyseeds. Get the recipe for Poppy Seed Carrot Cake Banana Bread.
Frosted Carrot Cake Cookies with Pecans
Carrot Cake Cookies have a nice soft and chewy texture from the old-fashioned oats, raisins and shredded carrots. They’re also well spiced with plenty of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Toasted pecans add a nice bite, especially on top of the luscious and rich cream cheese frosting. Get the recipe for Frosted Carrot Cake Cookies with Pecans.
Easy Mini Carrot Cakes
Easy Mini Carrot cakes with silky cream cheese frosting are the Ultimate Carrot cake experience in a lovely Mini Bundt version! These adorable small carrot cakes have the perfect individual serving sizes and the most amazing soft, melt-in-your-mouth texture with silky cream cheese frosting and a super-easy yet decorative candied carrot finish. Get the recipe for Easy Mini Carrot Cakes.
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Mousse Filling
This is the ultimate Carrot cake with cream cheese mousse filling! Moist and tender homemade carrot cake packed with spices and filled with delicious, airy cream cheese mousse is a great idea any other time of the year, it is certainly a must-make for Easter as well as over the Fall. Get the recipe for Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Mousse Filling.
Carrot Cake Pancakes
These soft and fluffy carrot cake pancakes are topped with spiced sweet carrots, blueberries, and cherries then drizzled with maple syrup. These pancakes will even impress the young ones who aren’t huge fans of vegetables. All you have to do is tell them you’re making carrot cake for breakfast! You can go as far as sneaking some shredded zucchini into this recipe without them ever knowing. Get the recipe for Carrot Cake Pancakes.
Instant Pot Carrot Cake
Carrot cake is fluffy and scrumptious and you can make it easily in your Instant Pot! This Instant Pot Carrot Cake recipe also includes a cream cheese glaze, and we decorate it with baby carrot, pecans and rosemary. It’s so pretty in addition to being amazingly delicious! Get the recipe for Instant Pot Carrot Cake.
Mini Paleo Carrot Cake
This adorable mini paleo carrot cake recipe is the best healthy, from-scratch dessert for any occasion. It’s made with coconut flour plus coconut cream in place of the cream cheese frosting. It can be made in a muffin tin to create cupcakes or you can use a mini bundt cake pan. This simple treat is gluten free, dairy free, grain free, but not lacking in flavor! Get the recipe for Mini Paleo Carrot Cake (Gluten Free, Dairy Free).
Carrot Cake Bunny Tails Easter Treats
Carrot cake bunny tails, or carrot cake coconut truffles, are perfect for your Easter table this year. Using boxed carrot cake mix and a free Easter printable, you can make these fun rabbit tail coconut balls quickly and easily. These little truffle Easter treats with printable label are irresistible, and you will love the coconut and pecan flavours in every bite. Get the recipe for Carrot Cake Bunny Tails Easter Treats.
Carrot Cake For Dogs
This carrot cake for dogs with yogurt frosting is made with simple ingredients. It has the goodness of oats plus the natural sweetness of applesauce and honey.
When you’re looking for a pretty dessert to make your furry friend for a special occasion, make this homemade treat. It’s made with shredded carrots and is the perfect way to celebrate a special day. Get the recipe for Carrot Cake For Dogs.
Carrot Cake Vegetable Crepes with Berries
Crepes, pancakes – I love them all! Crepes make a perfect breakfast but they’re also nice for brunch, lunch or even dessert. These carrot cake crepes are especially great if you have a sweet tooth and want something healthy, too. They’re veggie breakfast crepes boasting nutrition as well as a wonderful flavour. This carrot cake inspired cake recipe is ideal for brunch or if you are craving a sweet and savoury crepe. Get the recipe for Carrot Cake Vegetable Crepes with Berries.
99 Calorie Healthy Carrot Muffins
This recipe for carrot cake muffins uses Greek yogurt for texture, banana to make it low in fat, and Monk Fruit sugar to keep the calories low. You’ll love this healthier Carrot Cake Muffin! Get the recipe for 99 Calorie Healthy Carrot Muffins.
Pressure Cooker Carrot Cake Oatmeal
My Pressure Cooker Carrot Cake Oatmeal is made with steel cut oats, finely shredded carrots, raisins, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, a little maple syrup, and chia seeds for added protein. Get the recipe for Pressure Cooker Carrot Cake Oatmeal.
Sourdough Carrot Cake Waffles with Cream Cheese Syrup
What could be more perfect for Easter breakfast or brunch than sourdough carrot cake waffles with a drizzle of cream cheese syrup? Not a single thing! Get the recipe for Sourdough Carrot Cake Waffles with Cream Cheese Syrup.
Instant Pot Carrot Snack Cake
Delightfully rich and full of sweet carrot flavor, this sticky carrot snack cake is baked in an Instant Pot – keeping your kitchen cool during the summer – and then spread with lemony cream cheese frosting. Get the recipe for Instant Pot Carrot Snack Cake.
Gluten Free Carrot Cake
Who doesn’t love carrot cake? It’s really versatile to make. You can change up the mix of spices and even add in things like chocolate chips. Plus, this gluten free carrot cake is vegan and made without refined sugar. Get the recipe for Gluten Free Carrot Cake.
Coconut and Carrot Cake
Nothing like a slice of this spiced carrot and coconut cake with a touch of ginger to go with your coffee. This is a new way to make a carrot cake you’ll love. Ginger and coconut are some of my favorite ingredients, and they work perfectly together in this cake. Get the recipe for Coconut and Carrot Cake.
Easy Carrot Cake Cupcakes
I love carrot cake, and I love spices, and I combined them into these easy-to-make carrot cake cupcakes. Enjoy these single-serving carrot cakes with fantastic flavor, soft, moist crumbs, moist texture, and smooth cream cheese frosting with a secret or two of its own. Get the recipe for Easy Carrot Cake Cupcakes.
Easy Rustic Spiced Carrot Cake
There’s the classic carrot cake recipe, and then there’s this “rustic”, spiced wonderful christmas carrot cake recipe with a middle layer of cream cheese “frosting” that has the consistency of a smooth cheesecake. It doesn’t hurt that this homemade carrot cake is also pretty easy to make. Get the recipe for Easy Rustic Spiced Carrot Cake.
Orange Marmalade Carrot Cake
This orange marmalade carrot cake is a riff on my more traditional carrot cake recipe. The marmalade adds enormous flavor and creates a more-ish sticky glaze as well. Get the recipe for Orange Marmalade Carrot Cake.
Overnight Crock Pot Carrot Cake Oatmeal
This slow cooker oatmeal is rich and creamy thanks to the combination of the almond milk and the coconut milk. It’s also full of good-for-you ingredients like oats, carrots, and raisins.
Best of all, it tastes delicious! The crock pot oatmeal has the spices and flavors of a slice of carrot cake, but it comes in a much healthier form. Get the recipe for Overnight Crock Pot Carrot Cake Oatmeal.
Blue Ribbon Carrot Sheet Cake
I found the original recipe for this cake in an old church cookbook, and I made several changes to the original recipe. I ended up with this Blue Ribbon Sheet Cake that is crazy moist and full of yummy ingredients like coconut and pineapple that work together to make this cake oh so tasty. Get the recipe for Blue Ribbon Carrot Sheet Cake.
Carrot Cake Muffins
Carrot Cake Muffins – Deliciously moist and fluffy muffins that are perfectly spiced, loaded with grated carrots, and topped with a buttery streusel, and a sweet cream cheese glaze! Get the recipe for Carrot Cake Muffins.
Carrot Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Swirl
Carrot Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Swirl – A deliciously moist and fluffy carrot cake that is perfectly spiced, loaded with carrots, and topped with a sweet cream cheese swirl! Get the recipe for Carrot Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Swirl.
Carrot Cake Popsicles
Did the title get your attention? Carrot Cake Popsicles are a combination of carrot cake batter, cream cheese frosting, all frozen together for a unique frozen treat. Get the recipe for Carrot Cake Popsicles.
Carrot Zucchini Cupcakes
These carrot zucchini cupcakes are moist and have just the right amount of sweetness, with a touch of cinnamon for spice. Topped them with cream cheese frosting, I highly suggest trying one for breakfast. Get the recipe for Carrot Zucchini Cupcakes.
Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies
Carrot cake in cookie form with nutritious ingredients. Almond flour replaces all-purpose here, to great success. I LOVE baking with almond flour as it actually adds flavor and tenderness to anything you bake with it. This is especially important in a breakfast cookie, as most breakfast cookies tend to be more hockey puck than cookie. Get the recipe for Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies.
Healthy Carrot Muffins
These Healthy Carrot Muffins are fluffy, wholesome and reminiscent of carrot cake! They’re packed with whole grain oat flour, plenty of grated carrot, and there’s no refined sugar, gluten or dairy. They’re so easy to make and they make a great meal prep breakfast or snack! Get the recipe for Healthy Carrot Muffins.
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