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Carrot Cake Blondies with Cheesecake Swirl
Carrot Cake Blondies with Cheesecake Swirl
- Recipe Submitted by maryjosh on 12/03/2016
Ingredients List
- For the Cheesecake Swirl
- 4 ounces (½ 8-ounce package/113 grams) cream cheese, such as Philadelphia®, softened
- ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk from large egg (mine weighted 18 grams w/o shell), at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) pure vanilla extract, such as Nielsen-Massey®
- For the Blondies
- 1¼ cups (155 grams) organic unbleached all-purpose flour, such as King Arthur Flour®
- ½ teaspoon (about 2 grams) baking powder
- ½ teaspoon (2.5 grams) kosher salt, or about ¼ teaspoon regular table salt
- 1½ teaspoons (3.75 grams) fine-quality ground cinnamon, such as Penzey’s
- ¼ teaspoon (.625 grams) ground allspice
- ¼ teaspoon (.625 grams) ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon (.625 grams) freshly grated whole nutmeg
- 10 tablespoons (141 grams) unsalted butter, melted
- 1¼ cups (250 grams) firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) pure vanilla extract, such as Nielsen-Massey®
- 1 large to extra large egg (50 to 60 grams w/o shell), at room temperature, lightly beaten
- 1¼ cups (125 grams) grated organic carrots, about 3 large to 4 medium carrots
- ¾ cup (90 grams) broken or coarse-chopped walnuts
- 6 tablespoons (45 grams) shredded sweetened coconut, such as Baker’s® Angel Flake
- ¼ cup coarse-chopped raisins or golden raisins, or fresh pineapple, optional
- Butter or vegetable shortening, for the pan
Directions
Arrange oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat oven to 350ºF (about 180ºC). Lightly grease 9-inch square (about 22 cm) baking pan with butter or vegetable shortening (I like to use my Williams-Sonoma Goldtouch® Nonstick Square Cake Pan), then line with baking parchment creating handles to easily remove blondies from pan after cooling. Lightly greasing the pan first will prevent the parchment from sliding when spreading batter into the pan with a spatula.
Prepare the Cheesecake Swirl: Beat cream cheese and sugar until well blended, creamy and there are no remaining lumps, scraping down bowl as needed. Add egg yolk, lemon juice and vanilla and blend until thoroughly incorporated and smooth. Cover and set aside.
Prepare the Blondies: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and spices. In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir until well combined. Add lightly beaten egg and stir until smooth and thoroughly combined. Gradually, add dry ingredients stirring until few flour streaks remain. Do not overmix. Gently fold in grated carrots, walnuts, coconut and, if desired, raisins or pineapple until just combined. The batter will be very thick.
Assemble the Blondies: Reserve 2/3 cup batter and set aside. Scrape and pour remaining batter into prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula or offset spatula. Spoon Cheesecake Swirl batter over the top, in small dollops, to within ¼ inch of edge of pan and top with reserved batter. With a knife, create a swirled or marbled effect by running it through the batters. The batters may look messy but will bake up nicely.
Bake the Blondies: Bake in preheated oven until light golden brown, Cheesecake Swirl appears to be set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs clinging to it (versus uncooked batter), about 30 to 35 minutes. If desired, to prevent over-browning, cover with sheet of aluminum foil during last 5 minutes of baking.
Remove foil, if used, and carefully transfer to wire rack to cool completely, about 2 hours. Once cooled to room temperature, use the baking parchment overhang to lift the blondies from the pan and transfer to cutting board. Cut blondies into 9 or 16 squares, depending on size of blondies or number of servings desired. (See Notes section for Tips on how to cut neat squares.) Serve immediately, chilled or at room temperature.
Prepare the Cheesecake Swirl: Beat cream cheese and sugar until well blended, creamy and there are no remaining lumps, scraping down bowl as needed. Add egg yolk, lemon juice and vanilla and blend until thoroughly incorporated and smooth. Cover and set aside.
Prepare the Blondies: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and spices. In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir until well combined. Add lightly beaten egg and stir until smooth and thoroughly combined. Gradually, add dry ingredients stirring until few flour streaks remain. Do not overmix. Gently fold in grated carrots, walnuts, coconut and, if desired, raisins or pineapple until just combined. The batter will be very thick.
Assemble the Blondies: Reserve 2/3 cup batter and set aside. Scrape and pour remaining batter into prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula or offset spatula. Spoon Cheesecake Swirl batter over the top, in small dollops, to within ¼ inch of edge of pan and top with reserved batter. With a knife, create a swirled or marbled effect by running it through the batters. The batters may look messy but will bake up nicely.
Bake the Blondies: Bake in preheated oven until light golden brown, Cheesecake Swirl appears to be set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs clinging to it (versus uncooked batter), about 30 to 35 minutes. If desired, to prevent over-browning, cover with sheet of aluminum foil during last 5 minutes of baking.
Remove foil, if used, and carefully transfer to wire rack to cool completely, about 2 hours. Once cooled to room temperature, use the baking parchment overhang to lift the blondies from the pan and transfer to cutting board. Cut blondies into 9 or 16 squares, depending on size of blondies or number of servings desired. (See Notes section for Tips on how to cut neat squares.) Serve immediately, chilled or at room temperature.
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