Carroty Cupy Cakes

There is nothing like fresh homemade carrot cake with a delicate homemade cream cheese frosting! These delectable little cakes will literally melt in your mouth!

Carroty Cupy Cakes

Wet Mixture
1 1/2 cup Carrots
1 Apple
1 Handful of Craisins
1 cup Grape Seed Oil
4 eggs
2 Tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Tsp Nutmeg
1/2 Tbs Vanilla
1/2 Tsp Salt
1/2 Tsp Pepper

Dry Mixture
2 1/2 cups flour
1 Tsp Baking Soda
1 Tsp Baking Powder
2/3 cup White Sugar
2/3 cup Brown Sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees


                                          WET MIXTURE

These are the carrots I use.

 

 

I put a handful at a time into the Ninja

and finely chop the carrots until

 I have approx. 1 1/2 cups.

 

Place chopped carrots into a deep mixing bowl

 

 

These are the Craisins I use.  

                               

Take a big handful of them and

throw them into the Ninja.

Peel, Core, and Quarter apple.

Throw in Ninja with Craisins and chop.

Juices from the apple will help

Craisins chop more finely.

Note: The apple and craisins will add enough natural sweetness
that will enable us to reduce the amount of other sugars in the recipe!
 That's just sweet news! lol!

Add Apple-Cran Chop to Carrots

                                         

Add 2 tsp. Cinnamon

                                                        

Add 1/2 tsp. of Nutmeg

                                                        

Add  1/2 Tb of Vanilla

                                                          

Add 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper 

                                       

Add 1 cup Grape Seed Oil

                                                 

Add 4 eggs

                                                                    

Use a mixture and  blend well.

                                                 3-4mins

 

 

                                            
                            DRY MIXTURE

In a separate bowl, add 2 1/2 cups of Flour

                                 

Add 1 tsp. Baking Powder

 

 

Add 1 tsp Baking Soda

 

 

Add 1/2 cup of White Sugar

 

 

Add 1/2 cup of Brown Sugar

 

 

Mix together well

 

 

Combine small amounts of the

dry ingredients into the carrot mixture

 

 

 

 

Mix well.

 

 

Fill muffin tins

cook for 15-18 mins

 

Insert toothpick into middle cake;

it should come out with a little stickiness  --not wet

(dry toothpick means dry cupcakes!!)

 

 

Remove immediately from tins and let cool.

 

 

 

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 package of Cream Cheese

1 Cup of Powdered Sugar

1 Tbs Vanilla

 

Mix in a bowl until 'super' fluffy!

 

***Frost cupcakes when completely cooled***

 

ENJOY!!!

 

 

 

Note: You can add toasted or blanched walnuts to the wet mixture to add flavor depth and crunch. I have a weird dislike for the texture of nuts inside of cake. It's like nails on a chalkboard people! Weird, I know! Lol!