White Chocolate and Carrot Cake Peeps Nests #DessertChallenge

peep family

Welcome to the April White Chocolate and Peeps Dessert Challenge sponsored by Sheryl from The Lady Behind the Curtain .

Lady Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge
Each month we receive a food pairing to create amazing desserts. April’s pairing is white chocolate and Peeps! Peeps are sugar glazed marshmallow pieces. The free-formed shape resembles a baby chick.
My Peep’s nests are made with drizzled white chocolate, carrot cake, toasted coconut and of course, Peeps.
Start your nests by lining cupcake tins and drizzling melted white chocolate on the sides and bottom.
peep nests
Refrigerated overnight.
Bake your carrot cake the night before too if you like. For these nests I cut each cupcake in half.
carrot cake
peeps purple
Add a few white chocolate chips for “eggs”.
Easter Bunny photo bombed the Peeps.
peeps and bunny
I think the Easter Bunny smells the carrot cake!
peeps bunny whisper

White Chocolate and Carrot Cake Peeps Nests #DessertChallenge
 
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Ingredients
  • 8 ounces white chocolate melts, melted
  • ½ cup white chocolate chips
  • ¼ cup toasted coconut
  • 6 Peeps or marshmallow candies
for the cake
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ cup cooked mashed carrots
Instructions
  1. Drizzle melted white chocolate into paper lined cups. Refrigerate until firm. Peel off paper before assembling.
for the cake
  1. Mix together oil, egg, vanilla and sugar.Add carrots.
  2. In a separate bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices.
  3. Stir in dry ingredients.
  4. Fill each cupcake paper lined tin about halfway full. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely before assembling nests.
  5. To assemble:
  6. Add cake slice to chocolate nest. Sprinkle with toasted coconut. top with a peep and white chocolate nibs.

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