CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES

Topped With A Heavenly Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting, These Moist Carrot Cake Cupcakes Have Just The Right Amount Of Spice, And Will Be Perfect For Any Spring Or Easter Celebrations!

CARROT CUPCAKES
Carrot Cake is one among these desserts that I don’t make very typically – genuinely for Easter, and infrequently for random occasions. But every one time I do, I count number how a lot I love it. Talk about a tasty strategy to get your every one day dose of vegetables! This time around, I opted for making cupcakes rather of an complete cake. They had been fun to serve, or even extra fun to eat!



Ingredients
Cupcakes:

  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 + 1/8 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 + 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups finely grated carrots

Frosting:

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • dash of salt
  • 3 cups powdered sugar (more or less, if needed)

Instructions

  • Whisk collectively flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • In a enormous blending bowl, beat sugar, eggs, and oil till thick and foamy, 1-2 minutes. Add the sour cream, vanilla, and carrots and blend well. Add the dry meals and stir till just blended.
  • Fill paper lined cupcake pans half full. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely.
  • For frosting, beat collectively cream cheese, butter, and brown sugar till smooth. Let sit for 5-10 minutes till brown sugar dissolves completely. Add vanilla, salt, and sufficient powdered sugar to make a frosting thick sufficient to pipe. Use a enormous star tip to frost cupcakes.

Recipe Notes

  • This makes sufficient frosting to generously pipe frosting at the cupcakes. If you could be spreading it on, you'll be able to cut the recipe in half.

Nutrition Facts

  • Carrot Cake Cupcake Recipe
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories 341Calories from Fat 144
  • % Daily Value*
  • Fat 16g25%
  • Saturated Fat 6g38%
  • Cholesterol 47mg16%
  • Sodium 130mg6%
  • Potassium 48mg1%
  • Carbohydrates 46g15%
  • Sugar 39g43%
  • Protein 2g4%
  • Vitamin A 375IU8%
  • Calcium 30mg3%
  • Iron 0.6mg3% 

These delightful cupcakes are moist and delicious, with just the proper quantity of spice. And the consistency is the ideal pleased medium among dense and fluffy. Top all of it off with some selfmade brown sugar frosting, and you’ve got your self one tasty treat! One factor to count number is that carrot cake doesn’t actually style like carrots, but they upload the ideal taste blended with all of the spices on this dessert.


HOW TO MAKE CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES
These cupcakes are so primary to make and could be the ideal addition to your Spring and Easter celebrations. They’re also vast for feeding a crowd.

To make, start via whisking collectively flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.

In a enormous blending bowl, beat sugar, eggs, and oil till thick and foamy, 1-2 minutes. Add the sour cream, vanilla, and carrots and blend well. Add the dry meals and stir till just blended.

Fill paper lined cupcake pans half full. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely.

NOTE: These carrot cupcakes are primary to make, but proper proper listed below are a couple of tips. Don’t overfill the cupcake liners. They ought to be about 2/3 full. The cupcakes don't rise too much, and it actually is solely fine. It’s simpler to frost them that way!

BROWN SUGAR FROSTING
Have you ever tried making brown sugar cream cheese frosting? It literally is the icing at the cake – or cupcake for this recipe. Let me inform you, this isn't your ordinary cream cheese frosting recipe. Brown sugar + cream cheese provides a wealthy depth of taste to the frosting. It was so yummy that I was tempted to consume it via the spoonful.

To make it, beat collectively cream cheese, butter, and brown sugar till smooth. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes till the brown sugar dissolves completely. Add vanilla, salt, and sufficient powdered sugar to make a frosting thick sufficient to pipe.

To frost these cupcakes, we used a enormous star tip to pipe at the frosting, but you'll be able to use no matter frosting technique you prefer. If you’re planning on spreading the frosting on, you'll be able to cut the recipe in half and nonetheless have extra than enough.


ADD-INS AND TOPPING IDEAS
Some general gifts so as to feature to carrot cake contain walnuts, pecans, and raisins. You can upload any of these issues to the batter earlier than baking (between 1/2 and 1 cup of add-ins total), or upload the chopped nuts to the higher of the frosting!

For these of you who like pineapple on your carrot cake, attempt cutting your grated carrots to one cup after which including in 1 cup of overwhelmed pineapple (drained). It would possibly produce slightly bit other of a consistency simply due to the fact there could be extra moisture.

MAKING MINI CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES:
Want bite-sized carrot cupcakes? Simply comply with the recipe precisely and fill the mini muffin liners (in a mini muffin tin) halfway. This will doubtless be about 1-2 Tbsp of batter for every one mini cupcake. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.

HOW TO STORE CARROT CUPCAKES:
If you already placed frosting at the cupcakes, they can’t sit out at room temp for long, otherwise the cream cheese within the frosting will move bad. Preferably, shop them within the fridge in an hermetic container.

If you're ready to frost them, you'll be able to shop the plain cupcakes at room temperature for as plenty as 3 days.

CAN CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES BE FROZEN?
Carrot is one among the greatest muffins (or cupcakes) while it involves freezing. It will hang up actually nicely within the freezer. It’s greatest to freeze them earlier than they have been frosted, but cream cheese frosting freezes nicely too, so it’s no longer a concern in the event that they're frosted.

Either way, merely placed the cupcakes in an hermetic container or heavy obligation freezer bag (taking care no longer to spoil any frosting), and shop within the freezer 4-6 months.

Carrot Cake Cupcakes with chew on table
I wish you’ll provide these cupcakes a try. They would possibly just grow to be a brand new favourite after one bite!


FOR MORE GREAT EASTER DESSERTS:
Easter Bunny Rolls
Easter Dirt Cake
Carrot Cake
Rice Krispies Easter Cups
Easter Basket Cookie Cups

FOR MORE CUPCAKE RECIPES, TRY:
Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
Peanut Butter Cupcakes
Banana Cupcakes
Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes

Carrot Cake Cupcake Recipe
Topped with a heavenly brown sugar cream cheese frosting, these moist Carrot Cake cupcakes have just the proper quantity of spice, and could be ideal for any Spring or Easter celebrations!
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