CARROT CUPCAKES
To try to get my family to eat more vegetables, I often "hide" nutritional foods inside sweet treats. The carrots add wonderful moistness to these cupcakes, which have a rich cream cheese frosting. Now we can have our cake and eat our vegetables, too! -Doreen Kelly, Rosyln, Pennsylvania
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 35m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and oil. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, allspice and salt; gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in carrots. , Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. , For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Stir in the coconut, pecans and raisins. Frost cupcakes. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 326 calories, Fat 18g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 51mg cholesterol, Sodium 187mg sodium, Carbohydrate 40g carbohydrate (30g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
CARROT-CAKE MINI CUPCAKES
These irresistible carrot-cake mini cupcakes are simple to make and are sure to please everyone's sweet tooth.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cupcake Recipes
Yield Makes 42 mini cupcakes
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 42 mini muffin cups with mini cupcake liners; set aside.
- Beat sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla, and buttermilk together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until well combined.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add three-quarters of the flour mixture to the sugar mixture; mix until well combined. Add carrots and raisins to remaining flour mixture; toss to combine. Stir into batter until well combined.
- Fill each muffin cup with about 2 teaspoons batter. Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of cupcakes comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to wire rack to cool. Let cool completely before frosting with cream cheese frosting.
MINI CARROT CUP CAKES
Make and share this Mini Carrot Cup Cakes recipe from Food.com.
Provided by rainna
Categories Dessert
Time 35m
Yield 24 cupcakes, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grate the carrots by hand or with a food processor.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, brown sugar, butter, oil, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla extract.
- Fold the wet mixture into the dry ingredients until just incorporated.
- Add the carrots to the batter and mix until fully incorporated.
- Add the chopped walnuts to the batter.
- Line mini cupcake tins with liners, and fill each liner about 2/3 full. Bake for 12 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, combine cream cheese and butter until smooth. Slowly add the sifted powdered sugar. Once incorporated, add vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix until combined.
- Frost the cupcakes and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.4, Fat 9, SaturatedFat 5.2, Cholesterol 54.1, Sodium 267.6, Carbohydrate 43.4, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 33.4, Protein 3
BIRD BAKERY AWARD-WINNING CARROT CAKE MINI CUPCAKES
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line mini cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
- In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs while adding the oil, buttermilk, sugar and vanilla one at a time. Mix until well incorporated. Slowly add the flour mixture into the large bowl to combine. Stir in the pineapple, carrots, coconut, raisins and walnuts.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared cupcake pans, filling each cup about three-quarters of the way full. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, rotating the pans after 6 or 7 minutes (see Cook's Note). Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting with the Cream Cheese Frosting. Garnish with additional chopped walnuts.
- Cream Cheese Frosting:
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, cream cheese and confectioners' sugar. Then slowly add in the milk, vanilla and orange zest and juice and mix until combined.
MINI CARROT CAKES
A cream cheese topped cupcake with a sweet carrot flavour. This recipe is healthy and delicious.
Provided by British Bakery
Time 32m
Yield Makes 12
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Top and tail, peel and then grate the carrots.
- Preheat oven to 200°C/gas mark 6.
- Melt margarine and combine with grated carrots.
- Add sugar and sift in the flour.
- Add the cinnamon, baking powder and eggs.
- Mix in sultanas/raisins and add the nuts (optional).
- Bake for 20 mins until a consistent dark colour and a slightly firm top.
- Leave to cool and then add the icing.
- For the icing: Mix cream cheese and sifted icing sugar together and add the (optional) cinnamon.
- Use a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe a circular twirl on the top of the carrot cake.
MINI CARROT CAKE LOAVES
My favorite carrot cake recipe! It is so good, and the mini loaf pans are perfect for holidays and gifts. Best if frosted with Cream Cheese Frosting II by Janni, from this site.
Provided by skylar
Categories Desserts Cakes Carrot Cake Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 6-cavity mini loaf tray.
- Mix carrots, flour, sugar, walnuts, oil, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl until combined. Pour batter into the prepared tray, filling each loaf cavity 3/4 full.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer loaves to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1037.4 calories, Carbohydrate 100.7 g, Cholesterol 109.1 mg, Fat 68 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 13 g, SaturatedFat 9.9 g, Sodium 1050.1 mg, Sugar 62 g
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