Mini Carrot Cake with Maple-Cream Cheese Frosting
Kathy Strahs
Updated Mar 26, 2012
Use your panini-maker to create individual-sized, sweet-tooth-satisfying mini carrot cakes with maple-cream cheese frosting.
Mini Carrot Cake with Maple-Cream Cheese Frosting
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 40 min
- Servings 1
- Ingredients 19
Ingredients
Carrot Cake
- 1/4 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- Generous 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch salt
- Pinch ground ginger
- Pinch ground cinnamon
- Pinch ground nutmeg
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 cup packed shredded carrot (about 1 carrot)
- 1 tablespoon raisins
- 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
Maple-Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 teaspoons real maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts, toasted, finely chopped (for garnish)

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat panini maker to 350°F (make sure panini maker sits flat on your work surface). Spray 2 (6-oz) individual baking dishes (ramekins) with cooking spray.
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Step2In small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside. In medium bowl, beat egg white, brown sugar, oil, milk and vanilla with wire whisk until blended. Stir in flour mixture until combined; stir in carrots, raisins and walnuts.
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Step3Divide batter evenly between ramekins. Set ramekins on lower grill of panini maker; close lid until upper grill makes contact with tops of ramekins. Bake 17 to 19 minutes or until cakes are set and spring back when touched lightly in center. Cool in ramekins 5 minutes; remove from ramekins to cooling rack. Cool completely. If necessary, level cake layers with a serrated knife.
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Step4Meanwhile, make maple-cream cheese frosting. In small bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat in powdered sugar and maple syrup until smooth.
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Step5Fill and frost layers with maple-cream cheese frosting; sprinkle with toasted walnuts.
Nutrition
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