Easter Bunny's Carrot Cupcakes
Created by ImPat on September 24, 2018
- Servings: 18
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #30433
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs (lightly whisked)
- 1 cup oil (vegetable oil)
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 3 carrots, peeled and coarsely grated
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- FOR ORANGE CREAM CHEESE ICING
- 250 grams cream cheese
- 100 grams butter, softened
- 1 cup icing sugar mixture
- 1 tablespoons orange juice
- TO DECORATE
- Orange and Green M&M's Minis
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 180C.
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Step 2: Line 18 holes of a 1/3 cup (80ml) pan with paper cases.
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Step 3: Whisk the egg, oil and orange juice in a jug.
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Step 4: Combine the carrot, flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, orange rind, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl and add the egg mixture and stir to combine.
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Step 5: Spoon the mixture evenly among the prepared pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skew inserted in the centres comes out clean and then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
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Step 6: To make orange cream cheese icing, use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl until smooth and then add the icing sugar and orange juice and beat until the mixture is well combined.
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Step 7: Spread a little of the icing over the top of each cooled cupcake and arrange the M&M's Minis on the icing to make carrot shapes.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (110.5 g)
- Calories 375.8
- Total Fat - 22.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.7 g
- Cholesterol - 73.6 mg
- Sodium - 259.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 40.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 29.6 g
- Protein - 4.5 g
- Calcium - 39.6 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg