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Waffled Carrot Cake

Waffled Carrot Cake
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
25 min
Yields
4 servings

With no oven, baking pans or cooling required, these tender cakes have the added bonus of extra surface area for cream cheese frosting. They are great for breakfast, brunch, or topped with a scoop of ice cream, for dessert.

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ingredients

Pecans

½
cup pecan halves, plus extra for garnish

Cream Cheese Frosting

4
oz cream cheese, room temperature
2
Tbsp unsalted butter
½
cup confectioners' sugar
1
tsp fresh lemon juice
½
tsp pure vanilla extract
1
pinch fine salt

Carrot Cake

1
cup all-purpose flour
½
cup sugar
1
tsp baking powder
1
tsp ground cinnamon, plus more for dusting
¾
tsp baking soda
½
tsp ground ginger
½
tsp fine salt
cup vegetable oil, plus more for brushing waffle iron
¼
cup milk
½
tsp finely grated lemon zest
½
tsp pure vanilla extract
2
large eggs
¼
cup sweetened shredded coconut
2
medium carrots, shredded (1 cup)
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directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spread all the pecans on a baking sheet and bake until toasted, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool slightly, then pulse 1/2 cup in a food processor until very finely chopped, but not ground. Roughly chop the remaining pecans for garnish.

Step 2

Meanwhile, combine the cream cheese and butter in a small bowl and beat with a hand mixer until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the sugar, lemon juice, vanilla and salt and beat until incorporated and smooth. Set aside.

Step 3

Turn the oven down to 200ºF. Preheat a waffle iron to medium-high. Whisk together the finely ground pecans, flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together the oil, milk, lemon zest, vanilla and eggs in another bowl. Stir in the coconut and carrots. Fold the carrot-egg mixture into the flour mixture until just combined (it’s okay if there are lumps).

Step 4

Lightly brush the top and bottom of the waffle iron with oil. Fill the waffle iron about three-quarters of the way full (some waffle iron should still be showing). Close the lid gently and cook until the waffle is golden brown and slightly crisp, 4 to 6 minutes. Keep the cooked waffles warm in the oven or covered with foil on a plate while you make the remaining waffles.

Step 5

Spread each waffle with the cream cheese frosting, sprinkle with the chopped pecans and dust with cinnamon.

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