Carrot Cake Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 150 g soft light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 eggs
• 150 ml sunflower oil
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 150 g plain flour
• 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 150 g grated carrots
• 300 g cream cheese
• 100 g caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1 1/2 eggs
• 125 g vanilla flavoured yoghurt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 carrot cake.
• 2 1.preheat oven to 160°c.
• 3 2.mix the brown sugar, eggs, sunflower oil and vanilla extract together.
• 4 3.sift in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger and mix until smooth.
• 5 4.stir in the grated carrots then pour into a cake tin and bake for approximately 8 minutes.
• 6 cheesecake.
• 7 1.mix the cream cheese, sugar and flour until smooth.
• 8 2.add the eggs, yoghurt and vanilla extract and continue mixing until smooth.
• 9 3.remove the carrot cakes from the oven and pour the cheesecake mixture into the centre. some of it will mix with the part-baked carrot cake, the rest will sit on top.
• 10 4.return to the oven, reduce the heat to 150c and bake for 20 minutes.
• 11 5.remove the cakes from the oven and leave to cool. the cake should be served cold.