Description
A warm spiced carrot cake batter filled with shredded carrots and raisins and layered with a creamy cheesecake-style center and topped with a thick cinnamon crumble.
Ingredients
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Carrot Cake Coffee Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 6 medium carrots, peeled and grated
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 egg
Cinnamon Crumble Topping
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and butter a springform pan.
- First, make the streusel topping. In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients to a bowl and mix together with a fork or with hands until a crumble texture forms. Place in fridge to chill while you make your cake batter.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk eggs. Add sugar, softened butter, sour cream and vanilla. Mix until combined.
- Next, add dry mixture into the wet mixture and stir to incorporate. Fold in carrots and raisins. You want all clumps removed from the batter but you don’t want to over mix.
- To make the cream cheese filling, combine softened cream cheese, sugar, flour and egg. Mix until combined.
- Add half the batter to your buttered cake pan. Spread a layer of the cream cheese filling over the batter and add half of the crumble on top of the batter. Next, add the last half of the batter on top of the crumble-cream cheese layer, spreading the thick batter to meet the edges of the pan and make sure all surfaces are covered.Top with the remaining crumble.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes. Remove from oven and cover with foil to bake for 10 more minutes. The carrots in this coffee cake can add a lot of moisture to the dough which can prolong the baking time. Depending on how your oven cooks and how much moisture is in your batter, it could take an addition 30-40 minutes to cook through. (You can test doneness by sticking a toothpick or fork into the center. If it removes clean, it is done.) If you toothpick does not remove clean, cook in 3-5 minute increments until done.
- Once cake is done, cool for 20 minutes before slicing.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 90 minutes