Photo: Alexander Maasch
Carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
14 ingredients
30 min + 30 min
Makes about 12
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Decorate Dan Lepard's rich carrot cupcakes with mini-chocolate Easter eggs at Easter time, or top with sugar-paste carrots for the rest of the year.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
995
Calories
24g
Protein
39g
Fat
135g
Carbs
Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cream Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 99 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Sunflower Oil | not in our table | 0 |
| Fruit | not in our table | 0 |
| Spelt | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 275g/9¾oz caster sugar
- 200ml/7fl oz sunflower oil
- 4 medium free-range eggs
- about 300g/10½oz grated carrot
- up to 150g/5½oz nuts or dried fruit
- 225g/8oz spelt or wholemeal flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 125g/4½oz unsalted butter
- 125g/4½oz full-fat cream cheese
- 275g/9¾oz icing sugar
- edible decorations (such as sugar-paste carrots or mini- chocolate
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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