Carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to serve for a spring celebration, especially Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert that you should enjoy all year long.
Whether it’s for a birthday cake, a get-together or you just want to make a cake for your family, you will love this delicious collection of carrot cake recipes.
Once you realize how easy it is to make a carrot cake from scratch, you’ll want to make it over and over again.
18 Delicious Carrot Cake Recipes
1. Carrot Cupcakes
Spice up your next family gathering with these totally moist and flavorful carrot cupcakes. Not only it’s much easier to bake cupcakes than cake, but it’s also easier to store, transport, and serve at a party. These cupcakes are sure will be a hit! (Via Handle the Heat)
2. Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
Loaded with fresh shredded carrots and topped with traditional cream cheese, this fluffy and soft cake is the perfect birthday cake. Even gluten consumers will love this incredible cake. (Via Gluten Free on a Shoestring)
3. Carrot Cake Donuts
If you’re a donut lover and carrot cake lover, then you will be thrilled with this recipe. The best part is it’s no donut pan required! Plus, the combination of the carrot cake donut with the cream cheese frosting and the toasted coconut is out of this world. (Via Bigger Bolder Baking)
4. Raw Carrot Cake with Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting
Have you ever tried raw cake before? Not like those sweet edible cookie dough, but more like wholesome, perfectly spiced cake? If not, you need to try this. And it’s so easy, as you just need 10 basic ingredients and will be ready in 30 minutes. (Via Minimalist Baker)
5. Carrot Cake with Pineapple
Craving carrot cake but don’t have time and energy to make it from scratch? I’ve got the perfect solution for you!
Made with boxed carrot cake mix, crushed pineapple, sweetened condensed milk, shredded coconut, caramel sundae sauce, frozen whipped topping, and whipped cream cheese, this delicious, moist, and easy cake is definitely will make you drool! (Via It is a Keeper)
6. Spiced Crumbl Carrot Cake Cookies
This cute mini-sized carrot cake is lightly spiced with ginger, allspice, and cinnamon then topped with a soft cream cheese frosting. Really perfect if you’re craving cookies but bored with chocolate chip or other flavors. (Via Lifestyle of a Foodie)
7. Instant Pot Carrot Cake Cheesecake
Who says that you can only make a cake in the oven when the truth is you can make a cake from an instant pot, like this brilliant recipe. The good news is the cake is a combination of two of the best desserts: carrot cake and cheesecake. A truly crowd-pleasing cake! (Via A Mindfull Mom)
8. Carrot Cake Muffins with Crumb Topping
Complete your breakfast or brunch with these dangerously delicious muffins. With plenty of cinnamon pecan crumb topping and a drizzle of icing, this dessert is pure heaven. Even the carrot cake haters will love these irresistible muffins! (Via Paleo Running Momma)
9. Carrot Cake Roll
The perfectly spiced cake, a delicious cream cheese filling, all bundled up together in one pretty roll. Looks so amazing and fantastic, this carrot cake roll is sure to become a favorite! (Via Gimme Some Oven)
10. Low Carb Keto Sugar-Free Carrot Cake
Looking for a low-carb carrot cake recipe? I’ve got you covered! This surprisingly easy cake will be the best healthy carrot cake you ever had. Not only it’s keto, but it’s also gluten-free and sugar-free. (Via Wholesome Yum)
Related: 24 Healthy Dessert Recipes That Actually Taste So Good
11. Carrot Cake Loaf
Flavored with cinnamon, brown sugar, nutmeg, and ginger and topped with delicious cream cheese frosting, this flavorful, dense cake is not like those bland and dry carrot cakes you usually encounter at grocery stores and restaurants. (Via Sally’s Baking Recipes)
12. Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Blondies
Simple ingredients like cinnamon, egg, brown sugar, butter, all-purpose flour, carrots, cream cheese, vanilla extract, granulated sugar, and other spices are all you will need to make these super moist, delicious, and chewy bars. Definitely will be a hit! (Via Averie Cooks)
13. Gluten Free Carrot Cake Pancakes
If you’ve never been a big fan of carrot cake but like pancakes so much then maybe this recipe will change your perspective and if you are a big fan of both of them then you need to try these utterly good pancakes ASAP! (Via Good Food Baddie)
14. Carrot Cake Mug Cake
Need a quick carrot cake to satisfy your sweet tooth craving? You will love this! Takes less than 5 minutes to make and uses only 8 simple ingredients. You will definitely be making this again! (Via Mildly Meandering)
15. Carrot Apple Bread
Is it cake? Is it bread? Well, both! The apple in this bread makes it over the top delicious. It will definitely become a staple in your house. Pro tip: make more than 1 loaf because it will be gone in minutes! (Via Averie Cooks)
16. No-Bake Carrot Cake Granola Bites
Made with old-fashioned oats, flaxseed meal, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, grated carrot, raisins, maple syrup, almond butter, and raw pecans, these vegan energy balls are ridiculously delicious. It is a delicious treat that is sure to be a new favorite! (Via Cookin Canuck)
17. Carrot Cake Waffles
Filled with warm spices and shredded carrots, these waffles are a perfect way to start your day. You can serve them plain or spruce them up with walnuts and/or pecans. Once you make one, you are going to go crazy over these amazing waffles! (Via Fresh April Flours)
Want more ideas you can make in your waffle iron? Check this post!
18. Italian Carrot Bundt Cake (Torta di Carote)
Forget about the delicious frostings, nuts, raisins, and just focus on the carrots like this simple Italian cake. You won’t find the shredded carrots in this cake because the carrots are done in a food processor, making those carrots nice and creamy with a lovely orange hue.
If you haven’t heard of a way of making a carrot cake like this and want to step out of your comfort cake zone, then you need to put this on your must-try list! (Via Sugar Love Spices)
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