Personal mini carrot cake bundts for you and a friend! Easy, gluten-free, vegan cakes with a center stuffed with “cream cheese” frosting and decorated with coconut and sprinkles! Have your cake and eat it too!
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Carrot cake! My favorite type of cake there is! I always say, if you want to make me a birthday cake, make it carrot cake (yes, even over chocolate!) I don’t know if it’s from my love for veggies, that carrots are orange and my favorite color, or that sweet lovely carrot cake makes me feel the SPRING joy! Whatever it is, I know for sure that I LOVE carrot cake! And when I can make them mini…well…I think we know what that means!
I’m definitely not one to say carrot cake is seasonal either (just like pumpkin), but it does make me think of all things Spring and Easter. Happy, glorious, sunshine and warm weather! So yes, I’m sure you’re being bombarded with carrot cake treats right now, but these are one of the best and you’ll be glad you stuck around!
My grandmother always makes her “Bunny” Carrot Cake for Easter. I used to love that adorable cake! It was 2 round sheet cakes, 1 would be cut in half to make 2 moon shaped ears, and then the entire thing would be frosted in a cream cheese frosting with shredded coconut (fur), jelly bean eyes and smile, and licorice whiskers! So adorable! Now, obviously I haven’t had that cake in years, but I do remember it fondly!
I won’t be stopped from having my traditional food and treats, as you know! I decided I had to whip up my own carrot cake treat, stat! They may not be bunnies, but they are adorable mini bundts stuffed with cream cheese frosting! When I saw mini bundt pans at my grocery a few weeks ago…it was obvious what needed to be done! To make these super fancy but super easy, I used some of my favorite go-to ingredients. 1: Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, which is already blended for you for the best taste, texture, and baking ease! It also has on of my favorite flours in it, sorghum! This gives it that light fresh “gluten” cake quality that you’d find in a typical wheat recipe. 2: Daiya Cream Cheese (I told you it was my new obsession!) 3: The easiest “fancy” toppings of Let’s Do Organic shredded coconut and Sprinklz!
You could of course double this recipe for 4 bundts or halve it for 1, but I had 2, so here you go! Just measure out your simple ingredients, mix, pour, and bake! Then once they’re cool, dollop in the cream cheese frosting, shake on some coconut and sprinkles! Then grab a buddy and share these mini carrot cake bundts, soaking up all the Spring and Easter season joys!
Before I give you the full recipes though, let’s chat. A few weeks ago I asked you how you like your carrot cake. Be it stuffed with pineapple, nuts, all the fixings, or plain just carrot. Cream cheese and coconut frosting or naked, maybe a drizzle? Everyone’s preferences were different, but one thing that I do not like in my carrot cake…nuts! Never ever nuts! Pineapple is okay, depending, but please, no nuts! However, I do need coconut to be included as well as a nice sweet cream cheese frosting! Those are musts for me! Tons of carrot, coconut, and that frosting!
Nuts just ruin it. Just like chocolate chip cookies or banana bread…please, no nuts baked IN! You would see me picking them out so I could enjoy my moist cake free of random nut bits! Anyway, bunnies don’t like nuts (or pineapple for that matter!), they like carrots…and lots of them! Which makes me wonder why bunnies aren’t orange. Fun fact! Did you know if you drink fresh carrot juice then go outside in the sun for a few hours, your skin will turn a little orangy? Right!?
Mini Carrot Cake Bundts
- Cakes:
- ½ Cup Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour
- 1.2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 2 TB Carrot Puree (I use baby food!)
- 3 TB Grated Carrot
- 1 TB Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
- 3 TB Granular Erythritol
- ½ Tsp Cinnamon
- ½ Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- ¼ Tsp Ginger
- ¼ Tsp Nutmeg
- 6 TB Unsweetened Almond Milk
- Frosting and Toppings:
- 2 TB Daiya Cream Cheese
- 2 TB Powdered Erythritol
- 1 Tsp Lemon Juice
- Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
- Confetti-Style Sprinklez
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine all cake ingredients and mix well to combine for a smooth batter.
- Grease 2 (8 ounce) mini bundt cake molds and pour half the mixture into each mold. (It should fill about half way up in each).
- Now place then in the oven to bake for 25-30 minutes.
- In the meantime, make the cream cheese frosting my simple mixing the cream cheese, powdered erythritol, and lemon juice together.
- Once the cakes have baked and you've allowed them to cool, flip them out on to a plate. Spoon in the cream cheese frosting into the center "dug-out". Then sprinkles on some extra shredded coconut and festive sprinkelz!
Simple, easy, and mighty delicious! Perfect mini carrot cake bundts for just the right amount of sweetness to bring some cheer to you day! If you don’t have someone to share the extra bundt with, why no the Easter Bunny? Did you do that growing up? We always left the Easter Bunny (just like Santa), a plate of food, like carrots and cookies! Of course he left us plastic eggs all hidden around the house to scavenge the next morning! Mutually beneficial relationship!
So tell me:
+ What’s your favorite way to eat carrot cake: waffles, porridge, CAKE, etc.?
+ Did you leave the Easter Bunny goodies? (Or still do if you have kiddos!)
My extra treat to you, a coupon to get some Bob’s Red Mills to bake these little bundts up!
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I also prefer carrot cake over chocolate cake! I’m vegetarian and somehow always crave veggies over sweets or chocolate. I’ve always loved carrot cake. I’m definitely going to try out this mini carrot cake recipe!
I totally crave veggies too, so it’s all good 😉
These look so amazing!
Thanks Elle!
This recipe looks delicious! I’m always on the look out for healthy paleo friendly recipes 🙂
Thank you! But this isn’t paleo!
I love all things carrot cake! These little mini bundt cakes are adorable.
Thanks!
These are gorgeous!
Thank you!
These are so cute! Carrot cake is my favorite kind of cake. I usually make or buy one for most celebrations, so I can’t wait to make this healthier, gluten free mini carrot cake recipe. I’m sure it will be a new favorite.
You throw the kind of celebrations I like then 😉 Carrot Cake always!
I was never actually a fan of carrot cake until I went vegan and this sounds like the perfect recipe to try out this weekend! I love your sprinklz – they really make it so much prettier =)
Well that’s because vegan carrot cake is where it’s at (all vegan baked goods!) 😉
Your Mini Carrot Cake Bundts look awesome!
Thank you!
Yummy little bite sized treats!
Haha, well they take a few bites!
Yummmm these mini carrot cake bundts dont only look pretty, they sound real yummy and easy to bake. We are plannning our Easter bake and this just looks right Hmmmm 🙂
I hope you enjoy them!
These are perfect for Easter! And my kiddos will love them. Thanks for sharing!
I know they will! Thank you!
OMG these are the cutest ever! Love the Easter colored sprinkles on top!!
O, thank you so much Kristen!!
Carrot cake s may FAVORITE spring dessert. These look just perfect. Especially with sprinkles on top. 🙂
I know!!! You can’t get any better than veggies and sweets (and sprinkles!) Haha! Thanks Laura! xo
Aw, they look great! Perfect for spring <3 And I love carrot cake as CAKE. Or chia pudding — carrot cake chia pudding is da bomb.
Thank you Audrey!!
What a great recipe for those who are gluten-free.
Thank you!
This are just so beautiful! I lovelovelove bundt cakes, and the fact that they’re mini?! Crazy adorable!
Thank you!!! I love the mini-ness! Now I wan to get a real “grown-up” sized pan too!
Carrot cake is my favorite too! Sounds like a good recipe. Pinned and tweeted!
The best! Thank you!
These are so cute! Perfect for Easter!!
Thank you Alice!!
These look so festive and delicious! I love that you used shredded coconut and sprinkles on top too!
Have to make them even more fun!!
These are just too cute and so perfect for Easter!
Thank you Diana!!
Such cute little celebration cakes! I am excited to make these as a surprise for my gluten free daughter! Thank goodness for Bob’s Red Mill!
Right? Bob’s is the best! I just love all their flours!
HI Rebecca,
Carrot cake is a favorite of my husband. This sounds like a wonderful dessert for Easter dinner. Pinned & twitted.
Yes it would be!
These look so delicious! I love that they are mini ones too because they are handy little portions! these would be perfect for an Easter picnic!
Yes! Everyone can have their own little cake!
Adorable and perfect for Easter!
Thank you Ashley!
This recipe looks so delicious!
Thank you!
These are adorable! I absolutely love carrot cake too…it was our wedding cake years ago!
Really!? That’s awesome!!!! Haha! I totally want to have carrot cake as my wedding cake!!!
Carrot cake is my favorite, yes pineapple and nuts, coconut optional.
Haha, wow!
Tasty looking Carrot cake – Rebecca your gluten free recipes are fantastic
That you so much!
Completely unrelated to this recipe in particular but I really like you sharing memories from childhood in these posts. It’s so sweet and I wish I could see the cake your grandma used to bake. These sound delicious, too. I actually saw mini bundt cake pans on offer at the store earlier but resisted the purchase.
Thank you! (Did you see my hot cross buns? That’s where I get total sappy story time on you all!) I love sharing bits and pieces though!
Go buy some mini bundts!
Um… You can just start calling me the Easter Bunny. And leave me a mini Bundt carrot cake as my Easter Bunny surprise. These are so adorable and I love carrot cake. I don’t think I am a pineapple girl or a coconut Girl in my carrot cake. But I certainly am a cream cheese icing girl. And really it’s a serving of vegetables right? So I’m still staying healthy, right? Lol
Yes! And if you eat both than you get TWO servings of veg 😉
These look amazing! Definitely have to try this!
Thanks Megan! I hope you do!
Such cute little carrot cakes! They look great and I love that you used carrot puree! That makes life so much easier!
Mmhm! Cuteness and ease!
These look amazing and perfect for Easter!
Yes, thank you!
so cute! can’t wait to try these!
Thanks, Kristi!
These little carrot cakes are awesome!! Very cute 🙂
My family loooooooves carrot cake
Well that’s good to hear 😉 Carrot cake rocks!
This looks great! I haven’t had carrot cake for a long time but I’m going to try yours and make it for Easter for my family!
Fantastic! You will love it!
These are so adorable, Rebecca! I had to pin them right away!
Aw, thank you so much Vanessa!
They are so cute! I love carrot cake and could totally eat one (or two) of these right now!
You and me both 😉
I love carrot cake. This looks like a creative and delicious variation.
Thank you Tish!
Love Bobs Red Mill. I’ve toured the factory. It’s local. Very cool. Looks like another yummy recipe!
I am beyond jealous! Haha!
You had me at carrot cake. And I will eat it any of the ways you described lol! If you get a slice with nuts, just send it over this direction ok! Love the idea of a single serve cake, I really do hate sharing my carrot cake!
O well, I don’t think I’ll be passing up ANY carrot cake! I’ll just pick out the nuts 😉
I love carrot cake—but built in portion control is clearly needed. Your mini bundts are perfect!!! Pinning 🙂
Haha, eh, but do we really need portion control when it comes to carrot cake 😉
Thanks Liz! xoxo
Looks cute! Even I like carrot cake, and my favorite one too…:)
Yay!!!! I think it should be everyone’s favorite 😉
Oooh, I have been CRAVING carrot cake, and these look delicious!
It’s time to get your bundt on!!!!
I LOVE carrot cake and these mini bundts are so cute and perfect for Easter!
Yes!!! Thank you Lisa!!! Xoxo
My dad’s favorite is carrot cake and I’m pretty sure he is going to LOVE these for his next bday, and of course, I already know that I will too!
Perfect!!!! I always ask for carrot cake on my birthday too!
I’m a big carrot cake fan and these little guys are perfect for spring and Easter. Tweeting!
Yes! Thank you Angie!! xoxo
Well, these are just perfect! I’d totally enjoy these year round 🙂
Haha, yes! And that is 100% how it should be enjoyed 😉
Carrot cake is one of my all-time favorites too. Especially when it comes in a to-go version! Love!
Haha yes!!! The easier we can have it, the better!
I love carrot cake!!! And I’m so going to have to try this gluten free version 🙂
Hehe, yes!!! Bake the cuteness!
Ah these look delicious Rebecca.
I’d have loved to have seen that “Bunny” carrot cake that your grandmother used to make for Easter. Sounds too cute to eat! 🙂
I’ll try to find a picture and include it in my post on Friday!
I love carrot cake and these look so cute!
Thank you!
These are too cute and perfect for Easter or anytime!
Yes! Haha, anytime!!!
I am all about carrot cake, and I love how cute these are! <3
The cuter the better!!
So cute!! Love this idea…and that you used baby food!
Makes them even cuter, eh? 😉
Oh My Gosh!! These are so creative and they are perfect for Easter. Great recipe, Rebecca!
Thank you dear!
yum! and so cute
Thank you!
I love that you used the hole for the frosting as that’s my kind of cake to frosting ratio, haha!
I love carrot cake anything!
Haha 😉 Just enough of a surprise in the center!
I love that you use baby food! I thin it is genius! I might try using this in some of my baking and cooking! Especially soups!
Baby food is a must for vegan baking!
Love the photos and this recipe is perfect for Easter! Thanks for sharing, I’m gonna pass this on to some friends of mine who will love this.
Thank you, Nicole!
Double it for 4! Double it for 4! But it’s okay that you still only have two pans, we’ll just eat our first round while the second round is baking no problem at all 🙂 Actually I’ll just take an entire easter basket full of them if you don’t mind, you can just pop over to my house at 6 am easter morning and make me a very happy girl when I wake up! Because these are little cream-filled cakes are just spring time happiness at it’s most delicious. I still haven’t found that cream cheese though 🙁 I don’t like cream cheese as a spread, but I do love cream cheese frosting! And you left treats for the easter bunny? That is so strange, we never did that. No wonder he quit coming, I should’ve left him more bunny cakes!
Yea!!!!! Cause baking baby bundts is HUNGRY business!
Yes!!! I hope you find some Daiya! I’ve only been able to find the original, but they have the strawberry flavor and a chive onion one too! AHHH!
Did he leave you plastic eggs to find? :O
Yeah but that was later in the day. Baskets in the morning, eating a bunch of chocolate and peeps for breakfast, then easter egg hunt later in the day 🙂
That was my breakfast too! Candy fuel until you felt sick!
These look great. We have been craving carrot cake and these fit with our Celiac diet plan. Thank you so much. I am going to try these this weekend. Never thought of Daiya cream cheese. I have to try it. Thank you so much and have an amazing day.
You will love them! They are delish, fun, and cute!!!
i love minis
Same here!
These are too cute!
Thanks!
These are sooooooo adorable! I want 5 of them, perfect for Easter time coming too!
They’re made for Easter, haha! All the little “bunnies” can enjoy their own cake!
I am obsessed with bundt cakes, and carrot cake is my favourite type of cake!!!! These look so cute Rebecca, I love them!
I’m a new fan of the bundt! I want to get a normal sized pan soon!
SO cute and so inventive! Love!
Thank you Aimee!
Wait – no way, I had no clue that if I drank fresh carrot juice and went outside in the sun for a few hours my skin would turn a little orangy!!! Gotta say – there’s not one day that goes by that I don’t learn something new from my blog buddies – thanks Rebecca for that fact and for these bundt cakes! They are gorgeous – especially with that dairy free cream cheese topping!
DO IT!!! Hahaha! Let’s all make ourselves orange!!! (Too bad it is DARK and rainy today!!!)
xoxo thank you Shashi!
I love the idea of mini bundts! Super cute!
~jules
Thank you Jules!
First, I love carrot cake any way! And second, I don’t really get an Easter basket anymore, but usually there’s some sort of a gift involved. 😉 Also, these are completely adorable 🙂
I agree with both of those statements 😉 I mean…I just need carrot cake! And my mom still puts together some goodies for my brother and I!
You know I love carrot cake. But we’re the opposite when it comes to pineapple and nuts. Fun little cakes, love it!
Hahaha, it’s okay 😉 It just means we have to bake more and more carrot cakes for all the options 😉
Love that your used carrot puree! These will be perfect and thanks!
All the carrot! Thanks Ginny!
Such a cute Easter treat! I love that they are also vegan. Thank you!
Thanks Jen!
How cute are these little bundts?! I mean seriously, they look like they could be a treat for the Easter bunny (and me, I mean, that is if I saved some for the Easter bunny). Amazing as usual Rebecca!
Hahaha! We’ll have to make a few batches 😉
Swoon! I LOVE carrot cake and these little bundt cakes sound amazing!
Yes! And this means we can have even more 😉
Yum those look amazing! I adore carrot cake so this is right up my alley!
Thank you Florian! Same here!
You are seriously killin’ it with these these carrot cake creations!!! Besides carrot mug cake, I haven’t made a carrot cake in forever… I think now may be the time!
Although I have to admit I like mine with nuts AND pineapple, but I can understand your dislike. To each her own! All is fair in love and carrot cake! 😀
Carrot cake should be all about the CARROT hahaha! It’s not NUT cake or PINEAPPLE cake 😉
Awww so tiny and cute! These would be great at Easter brunch!
Haha, yes!! We need to cuteness and cheer!
These are lovely, and look very fluffy which I know is a really hard thing to do with both gluten free and vegan. Just perfect for Easter.
They are!! The flour is fantastic for cakes like these!
Ohhhh, these little carrot cakes look too cute! I imagine the coconut sprinkles go really well with the carrot cake base 🙂 Your grandmother’s bunny carrot cake sounds really sweet as well! I would have loved that as a child.
Thank you Bianca!!! Haha, that bunny cake was awesome!!! I may have a picture somewhere…
Beyoooon cute. I want to scoop out the frosting from the middle. That’s not wrong, is it?
Of course not 😉 Cream cheese frosting is SO good!
These are super cute. One of my friends grandmothers only used carrot baby food in her recipe. Love the idea.
Best,
Chrystal
Yes! It’s the best!
These are so cute 🙂 Lots of love for carrot cakes and muffins of all sizes!
Best baked goods 😉
YAY for carrot cake!!! Love.
You said it 😉
How cute are these? I’m pretty sure everything is better in mini form, especially mini bundts, and especially when there is carrot cake involved!
Right? Mini cute CARROT CAKE!
I LOVE these mini bunt cakes 😀 Not made carrot cake in so long! You’ve inspired me, yet again! 😉
Ah! You must! Carrot cake is too fun 😉
I love this recipe! I came here from your Facebook page and have pinned this too! What a creative idea. Nice job!
Aw, thank you so much Meredith!
These cakes are SO cute Rebecca! And your photos look fantastic. Gotta love Bob’s Red Mill!
Thank you Lauren!!! Bob rocks 😉 Haha!
These are the CUTEST!!!
Thank you!!!
Yum these look good! Everything is better with sprinkles.
That is a fact!
These are so cute! I love making mini cakes, as it means that I can eat more of them haha.
Haha yes!!! It’s the best way 😉
These look and sound delicious! I really enjoy carrot cake but I’ve never made one myself. This definitely sounds like a recipe worth trying. I’m a huge fan of nuts though so I would probably try to add them in there. At the same time my hubsand is a lot like you in that he doesn’t think nuts belong in baked goods, lol, so most of the time I”m forced to leave them out.
Interesting fun fact, btw!
Make these! Super easy to start! Haha! I LOVE NUTS! But just not in baked good 😉 It’s fine if they are on top, but not baked in!
Oh. My. Yum.These are gorgeous! Can’t wait to try your recipe!
Thank you Sara!
That is funny. I adore nuts in carrot cake. Love your cute little mini bundts.
Hahaha, to each his own 😉
Oh my! these are just too cute. And I have a mini bundt pan too 🙂
Ah perfect! I know what you should make today 😉
I like carrot cake pretty much any way that I can just get it served to me! My thing is that there must be an appropriate carrot shred ratio. Don’t give me your carrot cake that doesn’t actually have carrots in it…
Hahaha, yes!!! Otherwise it would just be called….cake 😛