Cupcakes' Ingredients:
180gm All-Purpose Flour
1tsp Baking Soda
1/4tsp Salt
1tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/2cup Hazel Nuts, Chopped
2 large Eggs
100gm Castor Sugar
2/3cup Vegetable Oil
1/2tsp Vanilla Essence
2/3cup Grated Apple
1 1/2cups Finely Grated Raw Carrots
Cream Cheese Frosting:
55gm Butter (Room Temperature)
150-200gm Cream Cheese (Room Temperature)
100gm Icing Sugar, Sifted
1/4tsp Lemon Zest
1/4tsp Lemon Juice
Method:
Carrot Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 180C, place rack in center of oven. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
- Mix flour, baking soda, salt and ground cinnamon in a large bowl. Fold in chopped hazel nuts.
- Whisk eggs until lightly beaten in another large bowl. Add in sugar, oil and vanilla essence and whisk until slightly thickened. Fold in grated apple and grated carrots.
- Fold step 3 mixture into step 2 mixture until incorporated.
- Fill the 12 muffin cups with the batter and bake at 180C for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool before frosting.
Frosting:
- Using electric mixer to beat butter and cream cheese until very smooth and creamy.
- Add in icing sugar and beat until fully incorporated and smooth.
- Add in lemon zest and lemon juice and mix well.
- Pipe the frosting on top of each cupcake, serve immediately or put in refrigerator until serving time.
Makes: 12 cupcakes