A scrumptious Carrot Cake Cheesecake with the added sweetness of pineapple frosting.
Carrot Cake:
- 1 box Duncan Hines Classic Carrot Decadent Cake Mix
- 1 cup hot tap water (for soaking carrots and raisins)
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 8 1/2 oz can crushed pineapple, packed in juice, drained well, reserve juice
- 1/2 cup coconut (optional)
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Cheese Cake Filling:
- 2 (8oz) packages cream cheese
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 2 oz cream cheese (softened)
- 1 tablespoon butter (softened)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 T pineapple juice
Carrot Cake:
- Soak carrots and raisins in 1 cup HOT tap water, allow to stand for 5 mins. 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.
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yummamama (1 discussion) on Aug 29, 2010 at 08:15 AM
I was very dissapointed.For all work and ingredients involved, I think just making the regular carrotcake mix & using creamcheese frosting in tub, tastes great. Although my guests loved it.
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Goo (1 discussion) on Aug 19, 2010 at 08:31 AM
I tried the carrot cake cheesecake last Thanksgiving, but the cheesecake part was not done. It was very wet and raw like. I thought I followed all the directions, so I didn't know what happened when I sliced into it to serve my guests. The carrot cake part was perfectly cooked. Any ideas of what happened?
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travelbug2210 (1 discussion) on Apr 5, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Easy to make. Great crowd pleaser. I would make this again.
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ladyboo (1 discussion) on Mar 19, 2010 at 06:26 PM
This is really a good cake. I have had the carrot cake, alone with cream cheese frosting and didn't care for it. I had two boxes (bogo), so when I saw this recipe I thought I'd give it a try and it is really good. I added a some crushed pineapples to the frosting adn to the batter and it was out of sight.
Note: In the box there is an envelope with dehydrated carrots and raisins, so you'll need hot water for that. You don't add any other carrots. A few reviews have been asking about how many carrots, so I hope this will clear that up.
Note: In the box there is an envelope with dehydrated carrots and raisins, so you'll need hot water for that. You don't add any other carrots. A few reviews have been asking about how many carrots, so I hope this will clear that up.
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bowmankm41 (1 discussion) on Mar 19, 2010 at 01:59 AM
I would love to make this recipe; but there is no quantities shown on the carrots & the raisins. Does anyone know the correct amounts?
Comment by: barbiedoll5392 (no discussions) on Jun 30, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Actually the carrots and the raisins are in the cake mix itself.
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chefruthie (1 discussion) on Mar 5, 2010 at 10:35 PM
I made this for my boss and his family gathering of relatives from out of town. The family loved it, so did he. I made just the Carrot cake recipe just the other day and as i was reading the instructions again i noticed i didn't follow them correctly the first time!! With this recipe you must read the instructions CAREFULLY!! for the Chessecake one and the cake alone. Everyone loved them both, i will make it again.
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runknunkner (1 discussion) on Feb 25, 2010 at 11:54 AM
No where in the recipe is there a listing for the quantity for carrots and raisins. Is this on the box? Would love to make this, but hesitate to do so unless I know all the ingredients.
Looks good.
Looks good.
Comment by: Bakerbarbie (no discussions) on Aug 16, 2010 at 02:45 PM
The carrots and raisins come with the mix so no measuring there!
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floral1210 (1 discussion) on Feb 4, 2010 at 01:33 PM
I do a lot of baking and decorating of cakes, so I do know my way around a recipe. This one just did not come together for me as I expected. It didn't layer, as the picture shows. There seemed to be a lot of cake, and very little "cheesecake". Everyone I baked it for said they loved it, and took home leftovers, but I was really not impressed.
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sharan111 (1 discussion) on Jan 5, 2010 at 08:42 PM
Made this for my sister's birthday. It was a smash hit.
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lgs001 (3 discussions) on Dec 15, 2009 at 11:41 PM
You can have your cake and cheesecake, and eat it, too! Fabulous.
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Queenanne (1 discussion) on Nov 30, 2009 at 09:38 PM
Food snobs were stumped when they tasted this cake and yes they ate it with the crow on the side. A friends' brother died and I asked if there was anything I could do...she asked that I make 'that cake of yours'. I live in the deep south and they take there desserts very seriously. I take my cheesecake very seriously WIN~WIN.
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jolenesnob (1 discussion) on Nov 30, 2009 at 08:28 PM
loved it!!!! I didn't use the pineapple, instead I used 1 cup of pumpkin puree added to the cake mix... taste was better after chilling over night (-:
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Littlebit (1 discussion) on Nov 24, 2009 at 04:20 PM
I made this for a dinner with some friends. They all fell in love with it.
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gecook (1 discussion) on Nov 15, 2009 at 05:27 PM
made this for my husband to make to work for treat day, turned out great as cupcakes, really easy
Comment by: bakersqueen (no discussions) on Jul 2, 2010 at 02:19 PM
I am interested in how you made this recipe into cupcakes. Could you share how you did that. Thank you!
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harguthm (1 discussion) on Nov 14, 2009 at 09:22 PM
Sweetsqueen: If you follow the cdirections step by step, they are not overwhelming. Everthing is explained very well. I'm sure the finished product will be worth it.


