Carrot Cake Muffins (Gluten Free)
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- Number of Servings: 18
Ingredients
Canola oil, 1 cupEgg, fresh, 4 large Lentil flour 2 cupsCarrots, raw, 4 cup, grated Brown Sugar, 2 cup, packed Baking Soda, 2 tsp Baking Powder, 0.5 tsp Salt, 1 tsp Apricots, dried, 0.5 cup, choppedCream Cheese Icing:Cream Cheese, 1 cup Butter, salted, 0.25 cup Vanilla extract, 0.5 tbsp Half and Half Cream, 3 fl oz Icing Sugar (Confectioners sugar), 1.5 cup
Makes 16-18 small cupcakes, lightly iced.
In a large bowl, whisk eggs until thoroughly beaten. Whisk in sugar and beat thoroughly. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Beat dry ingredients into wet. Add carrots and apricots, stirring until well mixed. Portion equally into paper-lined muffin trays and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean.
For cream cheese icing, allow cream cheese and butter to sit until soft. Using hand blender, whip cream cheese and butter, gradually adding icing sugar and cream in alternating fractions. Whip on low speed until smooth.
Allow cakes to cool before frosting with 1 dollop (~1 tbsp) of frosting per cake. Extra frosting can be frozen.
Number of Servings: 18
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ERIKA05.
In a large bowl, whisk eggs until thoroughly beaten. Whisk in sugar and beat thoroughly. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Beat dry ingredients into wet. Add carrots and apricots, stirring until well mixed. Portion equally into paper-lined muffin trays and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean.
For cream cheese icing, allow cream cheese and butter to sit until soft. Using hand blender, whip cream cheese and butter, gradually adding icing sugar and cream in alternating fractions. Whip on low speed until smooth.
Allow cakes to cool before frosting with 1 dollop (~1 tbsp) of frosting per cake. Extra frosting can be frozen.
Number of Servings: 18
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ERIKA05.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 387.5
- Total Fat: 21.4 g
- Cholesterol: 63.9 mg
- Sodium: 385.8 mg
- Total Carbs: 53.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
- Protein: 6.0 g
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