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Home » Recipes » Carrot Cake Donuts

Carrot Cake Donuts

By: Liz  /  Published: March 28, 2018  /  Updated: September 3, 2020  /   Leave a comment

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These carrot cake donuts are the real thing. They’re so good that I’d say half of them never even make it to the cream cheese icing stage because my people keep grabbing them off the cooling rack when they’re still warm.

My people are a problem, y’all, but I love them anyway.

These carrot cake donuts were inspired by my carrot cake recipe which I was thinking about making, but when I was looking for cake pans in my cupboard, I spotted my donut pans and I knew I had to make doughnuts instead!

carrot cake donuts

Ingredients for baked carrot cake donuts

Exact measurements and preparation steps are in the printable recipe card below.

  • all-purpose flour
  • sugar
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • ground cinnamon
  • ground nutmeg
  • egg
  • milk
  • vanilla
  • butter
  • carrots
  • cream cheese
  • powdered sugarglazed carrot cake donuts on cooling rack

They’re absolutely delicious!

hand holding a carrot cake donut

I like baking donuts rather than frying them because it’s healthier, but the bottom half of the donuts always comes out a little darker than the top half. I haven’t figured out a way to prevent that. Perhaps I’m just being picky because they taste fantastic.

But my best tip when it comes to baking carrot cake donuts (or carrot cake doughnuts, if that’s your thing) is to grease and flour the pan VERY WELL. Those little stinkers love to stick to the pan. Baking spray with flour works best, so try this or this or this.

carrot cake donuts on cooling rack

Other donut recipes you’ll love

  • Chocolate monster donuts for Halloween
  • Honey-glazed cornbread donuts with crumbled bacon
  • Apple cinnamon mini donuts
  • Strawberry glazed donut bites
glazed carrot cake donuts on cooling rack

Carrot Cake Donuts

Liz - Eat Move Make
Carrot cake donuts - everything you love about carrot cake in a handheld baked dessert! They're absolutely irresistible even before being glazed!
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 201 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 1/2 cup finely grated carrots

Cream Cheese Glaze

  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar sifted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3-4 tablespoons milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray and flour donut pans thoroughly.
  • In medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together. Set aside.
  • In large bowl, whisk egg, milk, vanilla and melted butter together. Stir in carrots. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients, just until combined. Spoon batter into donut pan, filling about half to three-fourths full.
  • Bake in 425 degree oven for 7-9 minutes or until donuts spring back to the touch and are golden on edges. Let sit in pan for a minute, then turn out onto a cooling rack. Let cool completely.
  • To make glaze: Beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and milk and drizzle over cooled donuts.
All information presented on this site is intended for informational purposes only and nutrition may vary according to exact products and the online nutrition calculator being used. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information shared on EatMoveMake.com should only be used as a general guideline.

Nutrition

Calories: 201kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 129mgPotassium: 102mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 1181IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 48mgIron: 1mg
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About Liz

Liz is a midwestern mom gone southern (accent in transition). She lives in North Carolina and loves cooking, baking, traveling, movies, crafts, hot and cold tea, wine, pizza and the occasional nap. She also revels in the fact she's a crazy cat lady.

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Comments

  1. Kat says

    April 11, 2018 at 4:55 pm

    I love carrot cake donuts!!

    Reply
  2. Kim~madeinaday says

    April 9, 2018 at 9:18 pm

    These look so yummy! Sharing! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
    Kim

    Reply
  3. Alissa Apel says

    April 3, 2018 at 10:58 pm

    I have a doughnut pan. I love the different recipes I’ve tried. Carrot Cake is wonderful.

    Reply
  4. Deborah Pucci says

    March 29, 2018 at 11:19 am

    Yum! Happy Easter…..

    Reply
    • Liz says

      March 29, 2018 at 11:40 am

      Happy Easter to you and your family too!

      Reply
  5. Erin Vasicek says

    March 29, 2018 at 9:02 am

    They sound amazing I don’t blame them for stealing half of them pre-glaze! Although I definitely would have waited for the glaze though cause I have a weakness for cream cheese!

    Reply
  6. latanya says

    March 28, 2018 at 2:06 pm

    I like pecan pie

    Reply

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