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Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe

4.93 from 13 votes
prep 35 minutes
cook 25 minutes
Additional Time 30 minutes
total 1 hour 30 minutes
Serves 12 cupcakes
Super moist carrot cake cupcakes frosted with brown butter cream cheese frosting!
Author: Bernice Baran
Servings 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

  • 120 grams shredded carrots
  • 150 grams all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • 30 grams pecans or walnuts, finely chopped
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 120 mL vegetable oil
  • 200 grams light brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 56 grams sour cream

Brown Butter Cream Cheese Icing

  • 113 grams unsalted butter, browned and chilled back to room temperature
  • 112 grams cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 240 grams powdered sugar, spooned and leveled

Method

Carrot Cupcakes

  1. Shred all the carrots (I use a kitchen aide mixer attachment but for this amount, you can use a grater).
    120 grams shredded carrots
  2. Preheat the oven to 350F/177C and line a muffin pan.
  3. Combine the flour, pecans, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl and set aside.
    150 grams all-purpose flour spooned and leveled, 30 grams pecans or walnuts finely chopped, 1 Tbsp baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp salt
  4. In a large bowl, use a whisk or an electric mixer, to combine the oil, sugar, eggs and sour cream until they're smooth.
    120 mL vegetable oil, 200 grams light brown sugar lightly packed, 2 large eggs room temperature, 56 grams sour cream
  5. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until it's just barely combined.
  6. Fold in the carrots just until they're evenly distributed.
  7. Fill the muffin tins just passed half way and bake for 22-25 minutes, until they spring back when you press on them gently.

Cream Cheese Icing

  1. Use the flat beater of a stand mixer to beat the butter, cream cheese and vanilla for 1-2 minutes at medium-high speed, just until they're combined.
    113 grams unsalted butter browned and chilled back to room temperature, 112 grams cream cheese room temperature, 1 tsp vanilla extract
  2. Add in the powdered sugar and beat at low speed until the sugar is combined and then increase to full speed for 2-3 minutes until the sugar is fully dissolved.
    240 grams powdered sugar spooned and leveled
  3. Frost the cupcakes and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 406kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 4gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 64mgSodium: 275mgFiber: 1gSugar: 34g
Course: Cakes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: brown butter frosting, brown-butter cream cheese frosting, carrot cake, carrot cake cupcakes, cream cheese frosting, cream cheese icing