Carrots + Creme Pizza

Recipe by Sean Dempsey

This is the recipe for my NY Style Carrot Cake Cheesecake Pizza that took #1 in Rimini Italy @ the Pizza Senza Frontiere in 2026. 

Needs: 

• 12” Dough ball
• Dusting flour
• NY Style Cheesecake batter 
• Carrot Cake Batter 
• Cream Cheese Frosting 
• Carrots ( to shred) 
• Pistachios (crushed)
• Walnuts ( crushed) 
• Golden raisins (4oz)
• Grahm Cracker Crumbs 

Steps:

1. Push out dough ball with dusting flour 
2. Add carrot cake batter to pizzas 
3. Shred 2 oz of carrot onto pizzas
4. Add golden raisins (4 oz) 
5. Add 2 oz crushed Grahm cracker to top of this 
6. Bake at 575 for 4-5 mins, or until browned 
7. POST Bake - Pipe on dollops of NY Style Cheesecake Batter 
8. VIII.POST Bake - add crushed pistachios, walnuts 
9. POST Bake - Add drizzle of cream cheese frosting ( lines) 
10. POST Bake - shred 2 oz carrot over top 

Cut into eight, and serve.

NY STYLE Cheesecake Batter 

24 oz Cream Cheese (Room-temp) 

1/2 C sugar 

3 TBL Cake Flour 

2 Eggs (room temp) 

1 tsp vanila extract 

3/4 C of Sour Cream 

In mixer, add cream cheese and beat until light. Add sugar, cake flour, and mix until well mixed, add eggs and sour cream, and vanilla and mix until the correct consistency  

Carrot Cake Batter 

1 C shredded carrots 

3/4 C Flour 

1/2 C sugar 

1 TSP cinnamon 

1/2 C Canola Oil

1/4 C crushed pineapple

2 large eggs