Easiest Way to Cook Tasty carrot cake cupcakes with lemony cream cheese frosting.....eat smart

carrot cake cupcakes with lemony cream cheese frosting.....eat smart. These spiced Carrot Cake Cupcakes are soft, moist, and topped with an easy cream cheese frosting. These carrot cake cupcakes are incredibly soft, light, super moist, and jam-packed with freshly grated carrots. I topped these off with a homemade cream cheese frosting, but you could.

This recipe looks very similar to my all time favorite carrot cake recipe. And you know what I like to do to turn it up a notch? I add a little lemon zest to the cream cheese frosting and then sprinkle some. You can cook carrot cake cupcakes with lemony cream cheese frosting.....eat smart using 19 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of carrot cake cupcakes with lemony cream cheese frosting.....eat smart

1. You need 3/4 cup of whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour.
2. You need 1/2 cup of all purpose flour.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
4. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
5. You need 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg.
7. You need 1/4 cup of canola oil.
8. Prepare 3/4 cup of firmly packed light brown sugar.
9. It's 2 large of eggs.
10. It's 1/2 cup of natural unsweetened applesauce.
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
12. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of finely shredded carrots....about 2 carrots.
13. You need 1/4 cup of finely chopped walnuts.
14. You need 1 of Frosting.
15. Prepare 4 oz of neufchatel cheese,.....or reduced fat cream cheese softened.
16. You need 3/4 cup of confectioners sugar.
17. You need 1/2 tsp of finely grated lemon zest.
18. You need 1 of Garnish.
19. It's 2 tbsp of finely chopped walnuts.

These carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are incredibly moist thanks to freshly grated carrot. To make the absolute best carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting your cupcakes need to be cooled before you frost them. These spiced carrot cake cupcakes are perfectly moist. The cream cheese frosting and crunchy chopped pecans is the perfect finishing touch!

carrot cake cupcakes with lemony cream cheese frosting.....eat smart instructions

1. preheat oven to 350. line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
2. in medium bowl, sift together both flours, baking soda, salt, and spices.
3. in large bowl whisk together oil, brown sugar, and eggs until well combined.
4. whisk in applesauce, vanilla, and carrots.
5. add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
6. stir in walnuts.
7. divide batter between muffin cups.
8. bake about 20 minutes.
9. transfer to wire rack to cool.
10. Frosting.
11. use electric mixer, beat together cream cheese, confectioners sugar, and lemon zest until smooth and creamy.
12. frost cupcakes and sprinkle with walnuts.
13. can be stored in refrigerator for 3 days.

Okay, I know we've still got a ways but it's been starting to warm up, and did you know Easter. Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting. I like to grate the carrots by hand Carrot cake is one of my favorites as well and the creme cheese frosting definitely ads to the liking! I made the Ina Garten Lemon-Blueberry cake from a while back and had to toss it because it was such an oily mess. Flavorful, soft, and moist carrot cake cupcakes with the best cream cheese frosting!

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