Duncan Hines Recipes Carrot Cake Bites

CARROT CAKE BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9x13 pan with baking spray.
• Beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs and egg yolk in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Spread batter evenly into baking pan. Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool completely in pan.
• Remove cooled cake from pan onto large serving platter (or serve out of baking pan). Slice cake into 24 squares with serrated knife, and frost each square with cream cheese frosting. Top each carrot cake bite with walnut halves and serve.

DUNCAN HINES CARROT CAKE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Carrot Cake:
• Soak carrots and raisins in 1 cup HOT tap water, allow to stand for 5 minutes Drain and squeeze out excess water from carrots and raisins.
• 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" springform pan. Reserve remaining carrot cake.
• Cheesecake:
• In large bowl beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Beat in eggs.
• 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.
• 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.
• Beat Cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and pineapple juice until smooth. Beat in powder sugar until smooth. Frost top of cheesecake.