Carrot Cupcakes with Ginger-Cream Cheese Icing
Carrot Cupcakes with Ginger-Cream Cheese Icing requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 12. Watching your figure? This dairy free and vegetarian recipe has 244 calories, 2g of protein, and 15g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. If you have vegetable oil, carrots, pineapple in juice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line twelve 1/3-cup muffin cups with paper liners. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar, oil and eggs in large bowl until well blended.
Add dry ingredients to egg mixture in 2 additions, beating until well blended after each addition.
Mix in carrots and pineapple. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Turn cupcakes out onto racks and cool completely. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; store at room temperature.)
Spread top of each cupcake with scant 3 tablespoons Ginger-Cream Cheese Icing.
Garnish with candied violets, if desired.