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Easy baked carrot cake donuts topped with a cream cheese frosting!  Perfect for Easter or carrot cake lovers!<\/em><\/p>\n

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I think at this point you all know how much I love baked donuts, right?  Between these pumpkin<\/a> and chocolate donuts<\/a> and these insanely delicious pumpkin donut holes<\/a>, I think it’s safe to say I’m a little obsessed with them.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I’ve never been a huge fan of fried donuts.  They’re just really heavy and not something I prefer to eat for breakfast.  But when it comes to baked donuts?  They’re so soft and light, I could literally eat the whole batch.  Especially if they come in the form of baked carrot cake donuts and they’re topped with cream cheese frosting.<\/p>\n

Oh yes!<\/p>\n

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These Carrot Cake Donuts are just like carrot cake, but in donut form.  They’re incredibly soft, light, moist, and perfectly spiced.<\/p>\n

Plus they have veggies in them too, which makes them perfectly acceptable for breakfast.<\/p>\n

Right?  Right.<\/p>\n

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The donut batter is easy to mix up and only takes about 10 minutes.   For the flour, I love to use Bob’s Red Mill<\/a>. Their flour <\/em>is the same high protein flour used by professional bakers and produces high, well-textured loaves of bread equally as well as it produces light, airy baked goods.  Which makes it absolutely perfect for baking, especially with these donuts.  You’ll mix the flour with some baking powder, spices, and a little bit of salt.<\/p>\n

Then you’ll mix up the wet ingredients, some buttermilk, oil, brown sugar, an egg, a little bit of vanilla extract and some finely grated carrots.  Next, you’ll combine the two until just combined.  Spoon it into the prepared donut pan and bake them for about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

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While they’re cooling, you can mix up the cream cheese frosting.  The frosting is incredibly easy too, just a mixture of cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and a touch of vanilla extract.  You can add a little bit of milk to the frosting to thin it out some, but after testing it out I found that it was much better without it.<\/p>\n

Once they’re cooled, frost the donuts as desired and enjoy!  These donuts would be so perfect for breakfast or brunch on Easter or just for anyone who loves carrot cake.<\/p>\n

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Baked Carrot Cake Donuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Prep Time: <\/span>10 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time: <\/span>10 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time: <\/span>20 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\n\n
Easy baked carrots cake donuts topped with a cream cheese frosting! Perfect for Easter or carrot cake lovers!<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ingredients
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Servings: <\/span>8<\/span> donuts<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

Carrot Cake Donuts<\/h4>