Carrot cake muffins, a delicious and nutritious treat, are a delightful blend of flavors and textures. These muffins are moist and tender, with a sweet and subtly spicy flavor that comes from the grated carrots. They are studded with chopped walnuts and raisins, adding a delightful crunch and a burst of sweetness. The cream cheese icing on top is the perfect complement to the muffins, providing a creamy and tangy balance to the sweetness of the carrot cake. This article presents two recipes: one for the carrot cake muffins and another for an optional cream cheese icing. If you are craving a delightful and comforting snack, these carrot cake muffins with cream cheese icing are sure to satisfy your taste buds.
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FLUFFY CARROT MUFFINS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
These delicious carrot muffins are light and fluffy.
Provided by anonymous
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Carrot Muffin Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the bottoms only of 12 muffin cups, or line with baking cups. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- Beat the eggs and sugar until frothy and lightened in color. Stir in the oil, vanilla extract, and grated carrot; fold in the flour mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin tins.
- Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to cool on wire racks.
- Meanwhile, prepare the icing by beating together the cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Frost the cooled muffins and chill until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 360.4 calories, Carbohydrate 45.7 g, Cholesterol 56.9 mg, Fat 18.7 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.8 g, Sodium 366.4 mg, Sugar 33.3 g
CARROT CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS
Luscious, chewy muffins filled with a walnut cream cheese filling. I got this recipe from my fiend Anna when I went to the U.S. for the first time. It 's grrrrrreat ! Enjoy !
Provided by Kerstin
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Carrot Muffin Recipes
Time 40m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, 1/3 cup of sugar, and baking soda. Add the margarine, buttermilk, egg substitute, orange juice, and vanilla, mix until smooth, then stir in the carrots and raisins. Fill each of the prepared muffin cups 2/3 full.
- In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, and remaining 1/3 cup of sugar, until smooth, then stir in the walnuts. Drop a spoonful of the cream cheese mixture onto the top of each cup of muffin batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.2 calories, Carbohydrate 39.2 g, Cholesterol 5.8 mg, Fat 9.1 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 6.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 329.1 mg, Sugar 18.4 g
CARROT CAKE MUFFINS WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING AND CARROT
These are excellent for parties or just to have fun making with the kids very easy to make and look great got it from the womans weekly cookbook
Provided by oriana
Categories Quick Breads
Time 1h
Yield 6 large muffins
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- preheat oven to 170-180 degrees depending on how hot your oven is.
- grease 6 hole texas muffin pan or a normal 12 muffin pan.
- mix oil, eggs, flour,sugar, cinnamon in bowl with spoon.
- stir in carrots and pineapple.
- pour mixture into muffin pan holes.
- bake in oven about 30-35 minutes.
- stand cakes 5 min before turning out onto wire rack.
- turn cakes so tops are up to cool.
- make cream cheese icing and mini carrots.
- spread with icing and place carrots on cake.
- cream cheese icing.
- beat butter and cream cheese til light and fluffy.
- beat in icing sugar gradually.
- mini carrots.
- put apricots in a cup of boiling water to cover stand 10 minute.
- drain apricots dry with paper.
- cut snake into six 3 cm lengths.
- place one snake piece at the top of apricot half roll apricot around snake allowing to stick out of the top of the apricot and make several think cuts to look like a leaf.
- or use green coloured cream cheese icing mix and place at top of apricot on muffin to look like leaf.
CARROT CHEESECAKE MUFFINS
With a rich cream cheese filling and flecks of carrots, raisins and nuts, these moist muffins will certainly bring compliments to the cook.
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 45m
Yield 1 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and zest until blended; set aside. In another small bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, milk and orange juice; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Stir in the carrots, raisins and walnuts. , Fill greased muffin cups with 2 tablespoons batter. Top each with 2 teaspoons filling; top with remaining batter. Bake at 350° for 23-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 259 calories, Fat 13g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 63mg cholesterol, Sodium 194mg sodium, Carbohydrate 31g carbohydrate (17g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 6g protein.
Tips:
- To ensure moist and flavorful muffins, use freshly grated carrots. A food processor can make quick work of this task.
- For a richer flavor, use brown sugar instead of granulated sugar.
- Adding a teaspoon of ground cinnamon or nutmeg to the batter will enhance the carrot flavor.
- For a crunchy topping, sprinkle the muffins with chopped walnuts or pecans before baking.
- Cream cheese icing is the perfect complement to carrot cake muffins. For a tangy twist, add a tablespoon of lemon juice to the icing.
- If you don't have cream cheese on hand, you can substitute Greek yogurt for a healthier option.
Conclusion:
Carrot cake muffins with cream cheese icing are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that is perfect for any occasion. These muffins are moist, flavorful, and have a perfect balance of sweetness and spice. The cream cheese icing is the perfect finishing touch, adding a rich and creamy flavor. Whether you're serving them for breakfast, lunch, or dessert, these carrot cake muffins are sure to be a hit.
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