Carrot Cupcakes Recipe

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Carrot Cupcakes
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Ingredients
22
Count
Nutrition
565
Calories
Total time
18
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup of vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup of apple sauce (or another 1/2 cup of oil is you don'tsp have)
  • 1 cup of splenda for baking (or 2 cups white sugar)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 1/2 cups of grated carrot (you may want to squeeze some of the juice out is they are really wet)
  • 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
  • 1 cup shredded coconut (optional)
  • (you can add lots of things to this, i added some leftover zucchini that i had in the fridge and shredded it)
  • grandma's cream cheese frosting (this is so good you'll never go back)
  • 8 oz cool whip
  • the frosting is not overly sweet and as light as a dream

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. In a large bowl, beat together Eggs, Oil, Applesauce, Splenda and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in Flour, Baking soda, Baking powder, Salt and Cinnamon. Stir in carrots. (*Be careful not to over mix, because with all quick breads, if you over mix the finished product will be flatter than usual. Nobody likes an unraised muffin*) Fold in raisins, pecans, and coconut if you are including them in the recipe.
  3. Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup and a spoon and load the muffin papers with 1/4 cup filling each. (For me this recipe made 19 muffins, so two batches in the oven)
  4. Bake in the oven for 16 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick can be inserted an pulled out clean.
  5. Let cool completely and then top with frosting:
  6. Frosting: mix cream cheese and powdered sugar together until smooth.
  7. Add vanilla extract
  8. Add 1/3 of the cool whip an mix until uniform throughout
  9. Add the rest of the cool whip
  10. Give a lucky person the spatula and frost the muffins with a knife, a finger, or just dunk the muffin in.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 564.79 Kcal (2365 kJ)
Calories from fat 377.21 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 41.91g 64%
Cholesterol 60.84mg 20%
Sodium 464.79mg 19%
Potassium 813.59mg 17%
Total Carbs 46.85g 16%
Sugars 18.33g 73%
Dietary Fiber 5.14g 21%
Protein 8.34g 17%
Vitamin C 2.8mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 1.4mg 8%
Calcium 89.6mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 370.52 Kcal (1551 kJ)
Calories from fat 247.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27.5g 64%
Cholesterol 39.91mg 20%
Sodium 304.92mg 19%
Potassium 533.75mg 17%
Total Carbs 30.74g 16%
Sugars 12.03g 73%
Dietary Fiber 3.37g 21%
Protein 5.47g 17%
Vitamin C 1.8mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 0.9mg 8%
Calcium 58.8mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

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