Carrot Cake Swirl Cheesecake Recipes

CARROT CAKE WITH BOURBON CHEESECAKE SWIRL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
• Sift 1 1/4 cup flour, baking powder, pumpkin spice, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Combine butter and brown sugar in a bowl; beat together with an electric mixer on low until light and fluffy. Whisk in eggs and yogurt; beat in carrots until well mixed. Add flour mixture gradually with the electric mixer until batter is combined.
• Beat cream cheese, white sugar, egg, 3 tablespoons flour, bourbon, and orange zest together in a bowl.
• Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan; spread with a spatula until even. Spoon cream cheese mixture onto the batter; smooth with the back of the spoon until even. Pour remaining batter onto the cream cheese mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

CHEESECAKE-SWIRLED CARROT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350° F. Spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with cooking spray, or grease with butter and lightly flour.
• In large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add shredded carrots; toss to coat. In medium bowl, beat brown sugar, pineapple, 4 eggs, vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until combined. Stir in chopped pecans.
• In medium bowl, beat Cream Cheese Swirl ingredients with whisk until smooth.
• Pour half of the cake batter in pan. Spoon cream cheese mixture on top, leaving 1 inch around edges. Spoon remaining cake batter on top.
• Bake about 60 minutes or until cake springs back when gently pressed. Cool in pan 15 minutes, then remove to cooling rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and enough milk to make a thick but pourable glaze. Gently pour over cooled cake; top with pecans. Let stand 30 minutes for frosting to set before serving.

CARROT CAKE-SWIRL CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Beat 2 pkg. cream cheese and 1/2 cup granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Add 2 eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended.
• Combine flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Melt 3/4 cup butter. Drain pineapple, reserving 2 Tbsp. juice for later use. Beat remaining eggs in large bowl with mixer on high speed 2 min. or until thickened. Stir in melted butter, carrots, pineapple and remaining granulated sugar. Add flour mixture; mix well.
• Pour half the carrot cake batter into 9-inch springform pan sprayed with cooking spray; spread to evenly cover bottom of pan.
• Drop large spoonfuls of cream cheese batter and remaining carrot cake batter alternately over batter in pan, being careful to completely cover bottom layer of batter with remaining batters. (If necessary, shake pan gently to evenly distribute spoonfuls of batter to rim of pan.)
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.
• Beat remaining cream cheese with powdered sugar, remaining butter and reserved pineapple juice in medium bowl with mixer until blended; spread over top of cheesecake.