It’s time again for the Peanut Butter Bash! This was a hard one! Our ingredients were Peanut Butter and…. Carrots! I know, right?!? Curious what I made? Chocolate Carrot Cake with a Peanut Butter Glaze!
I know you’re thinking that sounds totally weird, but this is a great way to hide veggies and get them into your kids. And the best part? They have no idea! If you’re a reader here, then you probably know that I’m all about shortcuts when it comes to cooking, so for this cake, I used a basic chocolate cake mix and then doctored it up a bit.
Usually when you think of carrot cake, you think of shredded carrots and raisins and maybe some pineapple. Instead, I used steamed carrots that I mashed with a potato masher. This way it’s more like when you add pumpkin to a recipe. I can be very sensitive to texture in foods, so I thought mashed carrots would be perfect. With this cake, there’s no texture issue at all, and even if you can see a little bit of carrot, you will never taste it!
One thing you do have to do to this cake is add some additional liquid. When I originally came up with this idea, I was thinking in terms of this cake being similar to chocolate zucchini cake or bread, but zucchini has a TON of water in it, and carrots do not. So, to compensate for that liquid, I added half a cup of plain Greek yogurt.
It’s just like eating a regular ol’ chocolate cake topped with peanut butter! I’m happy to say my little experiment came out delicious. My husband says this cake the moistest, most delicious chocolate cake he has ever eaten, and the kids agree!
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Chocolate Carrot Cake with Peanut Butter Glaze
Ingredients
Chocolate Carrot Cake
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup carrots, steamed and smashed
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
Peanut Butter Glaze
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Chocolate Carrot Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Thoroughly grease a bundt cake pan.
- Combine all the ingredients and beat on medium with an electric mixer for about 2 minutes, or until smooth.
- Pour into bundt cake pan and bake or about 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from cake.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before pouring the glaze over it.
Peanut Butter Glaze
- Combine all ingredients into an electric mixer with a whip attachment.
- Beat on medium for about a minute or two and make sure to scrap down the bowl to completely incorporate all the peanut butter and powdered sugar.
- Then, beat on high for 3-5 minutes until the glaze lightens in color a little and is glossy.
- When checking the glaze, a spoon should drizzle a ribbon that stays for a small moment.
- When glaze is ready, pour it over the entire cake.
- Serve immediately.
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Here are the other peanut butter and carrot creations!
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Carrot Cake Peanut Butter 5 Minute Oatmeal from Emma of Bake Then Eat
Chocolate Carrot Cake with Peanut Butter Glaze from Stephanie of The TipToe Fairy
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16 comments
What an interesting combo! Sounds very yum! x
I am drooling over that glaze. It sounds so good. I can’t wait to try this.
Carrot Cake is one of my very favorite cakes! Add chocolate and I’m in heaven. I always use baby food carrots because I’m too lazy to grate them. I like your idea of steaming the carrots, too. Can’t wait to try your recipe!
This recipe looks so right for me and my family. We love Chocolate. Crave Carrot Cake. As for Peanut Butter…YUM! I am so making this. My diet can wait.
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So. You somehow managed to combine my three most favorite things in life. You win the internet for today! I can’t wait to make this.
This is not a glaze I would have thought about putting on a carrot cake, but it is something I need to try! It looks really good!
I love carrot cake, and this looks like a yummy recipe! I don’t think I have ever had a chocolate carrot cake before.
I never would of thought of this flavor combination before it looks really good!! I would love to try it, you did great!!
I have never tried this desert before, never even thought to make chocolate carrot cake with peanut butter glaze… I’m curious to know how this taste, guess I’ll give it a try!
I love carrot cake and my husband loves chocolate. This would be perfect to make for a dessert that would please both of us. The glaze looks super delicious and would never have thought of this flavor pairing.
Interesting to see greek yogurt in a cake recipe! The combination is very interesting too. I’m tempted to try this out as it looks so yummy!
Oh wow, this sounds amazing! I would have never thought to pair carrot cake with chocolate ( but why not– they’re both delicious!).
Yummmmmy! That looks soooooo good! I really love chocolate and peanut butter together.
I would not have thought of pairing peanut butter and carrots together but I love the idea of a chocolate carrot cake. Sounds delicious!
Yumm… It sounds so good!! I would love to try this recipe today. Thanks for sharing!!
I have been hearing a lot of good things about carrot cakes that made me want to try baking some one of these days.