Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

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5 from 3 votes

Moist tender cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!

Prep Time20

Cook Time20

Total Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Carrot Cake Cupcakes, Cupcakes

Servings: Cupcakes

Calories: 379kcal

Author: Niki Medlin

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
4 eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups carrots grated, about 5-6 carrots
1 cup chopped pecans

For the Frosting

3/4 cup butter softened
12 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

For the Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Line a muffin tin with cupcake wrappers
In a large bowl, whisk together the sugars, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg
In a separate large bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla
Add the dry ingredients, a little at a time until thoroughly mixed
Stir in the carrots and the nuts

For the Frosting

With an electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese until creamy
Add the powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla
With the mixer on low, beat until the powdered sugar in incorporated, then turn mixer speed up and beat until smooth

Notes

To quickly grate the carrots, add the carrots to a food processor fitted with a grating blade.

For a two layer cake, divide the batter between two greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

If you don't have a piping bag, fill a zip lock bag with frosting, cut a small amount off a corner from the bottom of the bag, and pipe on the frosting.

Store frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator for 5 days. Unfrosted cupcakes can be covered and left out for 2 days.

The frosting can be made and stored separately in the refrigerator so that the cupcakes can be frosted just before serving. Be sure to remove the frosting from the refrigerator and hour before frosting so that it will soften.

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