Easy carrot muffins recipe for Halloween
Here is an easy carrot muffins recipe for Halloween.
Preparation: 20mins
Cooking: 25mins
Makes 12
200g/7oz soft light brown sugar
200ml/7floz sunflower oil
2 medium eggs
200g/7oz plain flour
2.5ml/1/2 tsp baking powder
2.5ml/1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt
5ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon
200g/7oz carrots, peeled and grated
50g/2oz walnut pieces, chopped
5ml/1 tsp vanilla essence
For the icing:
225g/ icing sugar, sifted
25g/1oz unsalted butter
75g/3oz chilled full fat cream cheese
food colouring and writing icing
1. Preheat the oven to 170C/Fan 150C/325F/Gas Mark 3. Line a deep 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
2. Place the sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl, then beat together with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth and thickened. Sift over the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cinnamon then fold in until well mixed. Fold in the carrots, walnuts and vanilla essence.
3. Divide the mixture between the paper cake cases. Bake in the middle of the oven for 25mins or until golden, risen and the middle bounces back when lightly pressed. Leave to cool in the tin for 5mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
4. For the icing: Use an electric whisk to beat the icing sugar and butter together in a large bowl until fluffy. Add the cream cheese and briefly beat together again until just combined. Don’t overbeat or it will become runny. Spread the icing over the muffins, then let the kids go mad icing the cakes with spooky characters.
Freezing instructions:
Un-iced these muffins freeze well. Once cold pack them into a freezer proof container or bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature for about 1 hour, then ice as instructed.
You can move on now to make some scrumptious spider cupcakes of the chocolate variety!
Do you have an easy carrot muffins recipe for Halloween to share with my readers?
Originally posted 2011-10-31 16:35:03.
7 Comments
@goriami
I’ve bookmarked this! Have been looking for mini carrot cake recipe and now I’ve found one! These look YUMMY to! x
Harry's Honest Mummy
I would make these regardless of whether it was Halloween, and I know H would be a willing participant, especially where icing is concerned! Great recipe. #TheListLinky
Mrs Lighty
These look yum! We’ve recently mad pumpkin muffins but I think we ought to try these too! Thank you for linking this to #DreamTeam!
ohmummymia
I love carrot cake so I need to try those spooky muffins as well! #DreamTeam
Rosie Doal
My husband loves carrot cakes so this is a great recipe for me to try out for him x #AnythingGoes
viewfromthebeachchair
These look great. Some of my favorite flavors! #anythinggoes
Musings of a tired mummy...zzz...
Carrot usually makes cakes so moist and tasty, and how great that these can be frozen as well! Thanks for linking up with #globalblogging