Carrot Cake Muffins
Here's how to make moist carrot cake muffins or cupcakes with this easy recipe. It's decorated with cream cheese frosting and tastes so good.
Ingredients
Carrot Muffins
- 150 g Self-Raising Flour
- ½ tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda
- 175 ml Sunflower Oil
- 175 g Grated Carrots ( 1 ½ Medium Carrots)
- 175 g Light Brown Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Orange Zest
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Mixed Spice
- ½ tsp Ground Ginger
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 100 g Icing Sugar
- 50 g Butter
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- 100 g Cream Cheese
- Chopped Walnuts (Optional)
Instructions
Carrot Cake Muffins
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (160°C Fan, gas mark 4) and line a muffin or cupcake tin with cake cases. Whilst the oven is preheating, grate your carrots and zest the peel of one orange.175 g Grated Carrots, 1 Orange Zest
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together sunflower oil, sugar, vanilla extract and eggs until combined. Then, add grated carrots and orange zest to the bowl and whisk together until evenly distributed.175 ml Sunflower Oil, 175 g Light Brown Sugar, 2 Eggs, ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- Pour flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, ground ginger and mixed spice to the mixing bowl and mix together.150 g Self-Raising Flour, ½ tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda, 1 tsp Cinnamon, ½ tsp Mixed Spice, ½ tsp Ground Ginger
- Spoon the carrot cake mixture into your cases, filling them only up to 3/4 full to avoid overspilling. Bake in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until the cakes are golden brown. Once baked, set them aside to cool down.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Add butter to a large mixing bowl and whisk until light and fluffy. Pour the icing sugar into the mixing bowl and whisk again until evenly distributed. (See Notes For Tips).50 g Butter, 100 g Icing Sugar
- Add cream cheese and vanilla extract to the mixing bowl and whisk together until evenly combined and any bumps have smoothed out.100 g Cream Cheese, ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- Pipe or spoon the frosting onto each cake and decorate with chopped walnuts or iced carrot.Chopped Walnuts
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Notes
Cream Cheese Icing
When mixing the butter and icing sugar together, it can take some time as the mixture may resemble breadcrumbs and not mould together easily. To expedite this step, once the mixture looks like breadcrumbs, you can mould it together with your hands and then whisk to smooth it out. Check out my Cream Cheese Frosting Guide for more info.
Nutrition
Calories: 248kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 2gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 93mgPotassium: 79mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 2023IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 0.3mg
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