Carrot Cupcakes

Name: Carrot Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup brown butter; 1/2 cup apple sauce; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 1/2 cups brown sugar; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 4 eggs; 2 cups grated carrots; 2 cups all purpose flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; Spices: 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ginger, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp cardamom; 1 cup toasted pecans or walnuts (divided); 8oz cream cheese (room temp); 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 cups heavy cream (cold); 1/2 tsp salt

5 steps

Prep:30minCook:20min

These carrot cupcakes are so moist and have the best flavor from the nutty brown butter and spices. I top it with a simple cream cheese frosting, and it’s perfect!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:04:53 GMT

Ingredients

24 servings

1 cupbrown butter

½ cupapple sauce

½ cupsugar

1 ½ cupsbrown sugar

1 Tbspvanilla extract

4eggs

2 cupscarrots

grated

2 cupsall purpose flour

2 tspbaking powder

1 tspbaking soda

½ tspsalt

2 tspcinnamon

Spices

1 tspginger

½ tspnutmeg

1 tspcardamom

1 cuppecans

toasted, or walnuts, divided

Frosting

8 ozcream cheese

room temp

1 cuppowdered sugar

1 tspvanilla

2 cupsheavy cream

cold

½ tspsalt

Instructions

Step 1

Grate your carrots, and set aside. Toast your chopped pecans or walnuts in a pan on the stovetop.

Step 2

Whisk to combine your butter, apple sauce, sugars, vanilla, eggs, and the grated carrots. Sift all of your dry ingredients and fold into to the wet mixture. Add your toasted nuts (set 1/4 cup aside for topping) and mix in well.

Step 3

Transfer to a cupcake pan, and bake at 350f for 20-23min, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Allow to completely cool down before frosting.

Step 4

As for the frosting, start with creaming your cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually add the heavy cream until it’s well incorporated, increase the speed and continue to beat until stiff peaks are formed. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with an attachment tip.

Step 5

Pipe frosting on the cooled carrot cupcakes, and garnish with more chopped nuts and carrots, enjoy!