By The Toasted Pine Nut
Healthy Carrot Cake Cupcakes
15 steps
Prep:15minCook:20min
Healthy Carrot Cake Cupcakes are perfectly sweet, gluten free, moist and delicious!! Topped with cream cheese frosting, they are perfect!
Updated at: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:35:19 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
36
Low
Glycemic Load
5
Low
Nutrition per serving
Calories392.8 kcal (20%)
Total Fat35.2 g (50%)
Carbs15.1 g (6%)
Sugars10.5 g (12%)
Protein6.8 g (14%)
Sodium373.6 mg (19%)
Fiber2 g (7%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
9 servings
¼ cupunsalted butter
room temperature
¼ cupcoconut sugar
2eggs
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1 cupblanched almond flour
2 tablespoonsoat flour
2 teaspoonsbaking powder
½ teaspoonground ginger
½ teaspooncinnamon
½ teaspoonsea salt
1 cupshredded carrots
½ cupchopped walnuts
½ cupsalted butter
room temperature
8 ozcream cheese
room temperature
2 tablespoonsagave nectar
ground cinnamon
for sprinkling on top
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350F.
Step 2
Whisk together the butter, coconut sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Step 3
Add the almond flour, oat flour, baking powder, ground ginger, cinnamon, and salt.
Step 4
Whisk until everything is combined.
Step 5
Fold in the shredded carrot and chopped walnuts.
Step 6
Place liners in your muffin tins.
Step 7
Use an ice cream scooper to scoop the batter into each muffin tin until they’re almost all full. They don’t expand or rise too much, so feel free to make them pretty full.
Step 8
Bake for 20 minutes, until the top is golden brown.
Step 9
Remove from oven and allow the cupcakes to cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
Step 10
Transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack and allow to come to room temperature.
Step 11
In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together the frosting ingredients: butter, cream cheese, agave nectar, and vanilla.
Step 12
Whip them on high until fluffy, about 1 minute.
Step 13
Transfer the frosting to a plastic baggie and cut off one corner.
Step 14
Squeeze the bag to frost each cupcake and sprinkle the tops with ground cinnamon.
Step 15
Store in the fridge.
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