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Carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
Photo: Alexander Maasch

Carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

14 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Makes about 12 openrecipes
Carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

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.

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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 openrecipes

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