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March 25, 2020 By Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen 23 Comments

Carrot Cake Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing

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Carrot Cake Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing are soft and fluffy and bursting with all the flavors you love of the classic cake!

Love carrot cake?!  I’ve got you covered; cake balls, whoopie pies and cupcakes, oh my!

carrot cake cinnamon rolls in a pan with half drizzled in cream cheese icing

I almost have no words for these Carrot Cake Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing.  

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever made something so amazing in my life.  I may open up my own cinnamon roll shop.

The entire family raved about these over and over and I’m already counting down the days until I make them again.

single shot of Carrot Cake Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing with a fork

I will be honest and say they are a little time consuming.  Hard?  Not at all.  Worth every single second?  Absolutely.

Grocery list carrot cake rolls

  • 1 cup warm milk
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and divided
  • 1 cup carrots, shredded
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon allspice

Ingredients for thick cream cheese icing

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  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Step by step instructions

  1. Into the bowl of your stand mixer, add warmed milk and sprinkle yeast and sugar on top.  Allow to proof for 10 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, into a large bowl, add flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.  With the dough hook attached, add dry ingredients to milk mixture.  Add in eggs and vanilla and beat on low speed.  Slowly add in melted butter and carrots.  Continue to knead the dough for 5 minutes or until dough forms a ball.  If the dough it too sticky, add 1 tablespoon of flour until and soft ball forms.  Place dough into a greased bowl, in a warm location, and allow to rise for 30 minutes*ball of carrot cake cinnamon roll dough
  3. Into a small bowl, combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  4. Onto a lightly flour surface, roll out dough into a 16-by-12-inch rectangle. carrot cake cinnamon roll dough rolled out
  5. Brush dough with remaining 1/4 cup melted butter.  Sprinkle on brown sugar mixture, leaving a 1/2″ border.carrot cake cinnamon roll dough sprinkled with brown sugar mixture
  6. Roll the dough into a cylinder and using unflavored dental floss or a sharp knife, cut cinnamon rolls into 1″ pieces.  I was able to get 14 rolls.
  7. Arrange cinnamon rolls into prepared pan, cover with a clean kitchen towel and place into a warm location for 30 minutes to allow them to rise again.Carrot cake cinnamon rolls in prepared pan ready for proofing.
  8. Preheat oven to 350.  Bake cinnamon rolls for 20-25 minutes or until light and golden brown and cooked in the middle.

Cream cheese icing

  1. Into the bowl of your stand mixer, or a large bowl, beat cream cheese.  Slowly add in powdered sugar and milk.
  2. Spread cream cheese icing all over the tops of cooked cinnamon rolls.

Drizzle of thick cream cheese icing on top of carrot cake cinnamon rolls

how to adapt this recipe with tips and variations

  • *Use a heating pad for your “warm location”  Set the heating pad on low, place the bowl on top and drape with a clean towel.
  • I use dental floss to cleanly cut the cinnamon rolls.  Don’t use mint flavored!
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Carrot Cake Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing

Carrot Cake Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing

Yield: 14
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Additional Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Carrot Cake Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing are soft and fluffy and bursting with all the flavors you love of the classic cake!

Ingredients

  • carrot cake rolls:
  • 1 cup warm milk
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and divided
  • 1 cup carrots, shredded
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon allspice
  • thick cream cheese icing:
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Carrot Cake Rolls:

Into the bowl of your stand mixer, add warmed milk and sprinkle yeast and sugar on top.  Allow to proof for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, into a large bowl, add flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.  With the dough hook attached, add dry ingredients to milk mixture.  Add in eggs and vanilla and beat on low speed.  Slowly add in melted butter and carrots.  Continue to knead the dough for 5 minutes or until dough forms a ball.  If the dough it too sticky, add 1 tablespoon of flour until and soft ball forms.  Place dough into a greased bowl, in a warm location, and allow to rise for 30 minutes*

Into a small bowl, combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Onto a lightly flour surface, roll out dough into a 16-by-12-inch rectangle.

Brush dough with remaining 1/4 cup melted butter.  Sprinkle on brown sugar mixture, leaving a 1/2" border.

Roll the dough into a cylinder and using unflavored dental floss or a sharp knife, cut cinnamon rolls into 1" piece.

Arrange cinnamon rolls into prepared pan, cover with a clean kitchen towel and place into a warm location for 30 minutes to allow them to rise again.

Preheat oven to 350.  Bake cinnamon rolls for 20-25 minutes or until light and golden brown and cooked in the middle.

Cream cheese icing:

Into the bowl of your stand mixer, or a large bowl, beat cream cheese.  Slowly add in powdered sugar and milk.

Spread cream cheese icing all over the tops of cooked cinnamon rolls.

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 14 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 375Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 172mgCarbohydrates: 59gFiber: 2gSugar: 34gProtein: 6g

All information and tools presented and written within this site are intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on strawberryblondiekitchen.com should only be used as a general guideline.

© Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
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  1. Wendy Klik says

    March 25, 2020 at 12:52 pm

    Loving all the different ways we’re serving up carrot cake today. I can’t wait to make these cinnamon rolls. Pure genius.

    Reply
    • Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says

      March 25, 2020 at 1:02 pm

      me too! YAY for all things carrot cake!

      Reply
  2. Hezzi-D says

    March 25, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    I love that you made cinnamon rolls with carrot cake! YUM

    Reply
  3. Lynn @ Fresh April Flours says

    March 25, 2020 at 6:32 pm

    Umm… I will DEFINITELY be making these soon. I am such a sucker for carrot cake and cinnamon rolls. The two coming together? SWOON!

    Reply
    • Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says

      March 26, 2020 at 10:48 am

      Yes, they’re a perfect match! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Dorothy Reinhold says

    March 25, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    The kids and I have been doing a lot of baking during this time at home. This looks like our next recipe! It sounds like spring!

    Reply
    • Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says

      March 26, 2020 at 10:47 am

      They totally are! And perfect for Easter too!

      Reply
  5. Colleen - Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck says

    March 25, 2020 at 7:24 pm

    Breakfast has never looked so good! YUMMY! And worth getting all messy for!

    Reply
    • Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says

      March 26, 2020 at 10:47 am

      Yes, they’re easy but worth every second!

      Reply
  6. Cindy says

    March 25, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    What a nice change from simply adding fruit!

    Reply
    • Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says

      March 26, 2020 at 10:47 am

      I thought so too! Thank you!

      Reply
  7. Audrey says

    March 26, 2020 at 10:05 am

    I wouldn’t have thought to combine carrot cake and cinnamon rolls, but with the cream cheese icing it sounds like the perfect combination.

    Reply
    • Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says

      March 26, 2020 at 10:41 am

      It works so well together!

      Reply
  8. Christie says

    April 2, 2020 at 8:05 am

    These look insanely delicious! Those flecks of carrot and that topping look perfectly carrot cake-y!

    Reply
    • Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen says

      April 3, 2020 at 9:00 am

      Thank you! They were wonderful!

      Reply

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