Carrot Cake Cupcake!

Carrot Cake Cupcakes!!

1 Cup Flour

1 Cup Brown Sugar

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Nutmeg

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Baking Power

2 Eggs

½ Cup Oil

2 Cups Shredded Carrots

1/3  cup chopped walnuts

1/3 cup chocolate chips

Makes 12 cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Line your cupcake tin with liners

In a medium bowl mix together your dry ingredients.  Flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and baking powder.

Flour: 

Brown Sugar 

Cinnamon and  Nutmeg 

Baking soda and Baking powder 

Ahhh - all the dry ingredients! 

Take a fork or something and smoosh it all together. 

Get two eggs. 

Beat them together. 

Then add the oil and keep beating. 

Start slowly adding your dry mixture. 

I did about a cup at a time. 

Shred your carrots.  First time I grated.  Next time I used the food processor and then this machine - did the same thing and saved my arms a lot of work! 

Add them to your mixing bowl. 

Get your nuts - I used walnuts. 

Then your chocolate chips (OK - I used a lot more than 1/3 of a cup) 

Then I put them in the mini chopper and chopped them up. 

Tada. 

Then add it to your mixing bowl.  I have read to stir it in, I am lazy - I just used the mixer - I am lazy! 

See - it's mixing nicely! 

Then pour it into something that won't make a mess when you are filling your cupcake liners.

All filled and ready to go - this makes 12 perfectly. 

This this them about half way done as I turned them. 

Cooling down on the cooling rack.  Don't they look good as is! 

While the cupcakes are cooling – make your frosting.

8 ounce Cream Cheese softened

½ cup butter (one stick)

2 tsp vanilla

6 cups of softened power sugar

• Sift your sugar – then measure your 6 cups
• Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla
• Slowly add powdered sugar, I did about a cup at a time

Use a large tip in a pastry bag – I put mine in a tall glass and poured it into the bag.  Opps – wait – this is where I added food coloring to tint it orange.

Then swirl it on your cooled cupcakes.

I topped mine with some powered sugar.  I put it in my sifter and brought the cooling rack over to the sink – then put it right on – no mess to clean up – and a nice light dusting for an added décor.

The taste – perfection!

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