These carrot cake muffins with cream cheese frosting are deliciously light and fluffy.
Prep
22 min
Cook
24 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
1.33 cups all-purpose flour
1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1.5 teaspoons baking soda
1.25 teaspoons baking powder
0.5 teaspoons salt
3 eggs
1 cup white sugar
0.75 cups vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups grated carrot
0.25 cups cream cheese
, softened
2 tablespoons butter
, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1.5 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the bottoms only of 12 muffin cups, or line with baking cups. Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2
Beat eggs and sugar until frothy and lightened in color. Stir in oil, vanilla extract, and grated carrot; fold in flour mixture. Pour batter into prepared muffin tins.
3
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to cool on wire racks.
4
Meanwhile, prepare frosting by beating cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and confectioners' sugar together until fluffy. Frost the cooled muffins and chill until ready to serve.
Nutrition per serving
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