Recipes

[FunkyHulaGirl]

Carrot Cake Cheesecake




Ingredients:

Carrot Cake
1 box Duncan Hines Carrot Cake Mix
1 cup hot tap water (for soaking carrots and raisins, to taste)
2 eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
8 1/2 ounces crushed pineapple, packed in juice, drained well, reserve juice
1/2 cup coconut (optional)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Cheese Cake
2 8 ounce packages cream cheese
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs

Frosting
2 ounces cream cheese (softened)
1 tablespoon butter (softened)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons pineapple juice

Directions:

Carrot Cake
1. Soak carrots and raisins in 1 cup hot tap water, allow to stand for 5 mins. Drain and squeeze out excess water from carrots and raisins.

2. In mixing bowl add dry mix, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup oil. Add well drained carrots, raisins and pineapple. Add coconut and walnuts. Mix well by hand. Spread 2 cups of carrot cake on bottom of a greased 9-9 1/2? spring-form pan. Reserve remaining carrot cake.

Cheese Cake
3. In large bowl beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Beat in eggs.

4. Spread 1/2 of the cheesecake batter on top of the carrot cake. Spoon on remaining carrot cake and top with remaining cheese cake batter. Do not marble with knife.

5. Bake in a 350° preheated oven for 50-60 mins or until cake is set and cooked through.
Cool to room temperature. When cake is cooled frost with Pineapple Cream Cheese frosting. Or top with
Duncan Hines Cream Cheese Frosting. Refrigerate for 3 hours and serve chilled.

Frosting
6. Beat Cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and pineapple juice until smooth. Beat in powder sugar until smooth. Frost top of cheesecake.