Carrot Cake Parfaits
Ingredients
- Eggs 2 large
- Sugar 1/2 cup
- Packed light-brown sugar 1/2 cup
- Vegetable oil 1 cup
- Grated peeled fresh ginger 1 tbsp
- All-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups
- Baking powder 1/2 tsp
- Baking soda 1/2 tsp
- Coarse salt 1/2 tsp
- Ground cinnamon 1 tsp
- Ground ginger 1 tsp
- Apricot jam 1 cup
- For Cream Cheese Filling
- Cream cheese 16 ounces (room temperature)
- Confectioners’ sugar 1 cup
- Grated orange zest 2 tbsp
- Pinch of coarse salt
- Heavy cream 1 cup
Cooking Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 12 1/2-by-17 1/2-inch rimmed baking tray.
- Line with parchment; grease parchment.
- Mix together carrots, eggs, sugars, oil, and fresh ginger.
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ground ginger.
- Fold flour mixture into carrot mixture.
- Pour batter in prepared tray. Bake until golden and a toothpick comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Let cool in tray on a wire rack 20 minutes. Invert onto rack; let cool completely.
- Cut out 16 cake rounds to fit in an 8-to-10-ounce glass, piecing together scraps as necessary.
- Spoon 2 tbsp jam into each glass; layer with 1/4 cup cream cheese filling, then 2 cake rounds, pressing to compact. Top each with 2 tbsp filling and serve.
- For Cream Cheese Filling: Beat cream cheese on medium speed until smooth. Beat in sugar, zest, and salt. Fold in cream. Use immediately.
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