Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Mimi in Maine's Note:

These are just like a piece of Carrot Cake. Delicious. Pop them in the freezer and you will always have a quick dessert when you need it. My youngest granddaughter likes to have me make cupcakes. She thinks they are just for her. I like to use Marg (Cayman Designs) Butter Cream Icing (Buttercream Frosting) on these and if you want it a traditional Carrot Cake Frosting, throw in some cream cheese to her frosting. Good!

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 cupcakes

• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup walnuts (chopped)
• 1 cup coconut (optional)

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl beat the oil and sugar; add the eggs, one at a time mixing well.
2. Add the next 5 ingredients and mix well.
3. Grate the carrots (I do it in a food processor) and add to the above.
4. Add walnuts and coconut.
5. Use cupcake papers that have been lightly sprayed with vegetable spray and fill two-thirds full.
6. Bake 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes.
7. Remove from pan and frost when cool.
8. I like a butter frosting but a cream cheese frosting is great too.

Reviews

[Chef #1395676]

What a great recipe. It is so moist and full of flavor!! I was looking for a recipe to use up a large batch of carrots and this was better than I expected. They DO freeze nicely and once thawed maintain their moist flavor!! This is a keeper, think I will go make more now! OH, they are SO good they do NOT need the icing, great for a quick breakfast on the run, without it.

[Grace09]

Pretty good recipe, although I made a couple of small changes. I thought 1 1/2 of oil seemed like too much. I only used 1 1/3 C of sunflower oil, as I don't ever cook or bake with vegetable oil. I also felt like it called for too much salt, so I only used a little less than 1 tsp. I have yet to frost these, but I gave one a taste and they're quite good. Not sure how they would've differed with more oil and salt

[DaisyFunnel]

Made recipe as written with the exception of reducing the grated carrot to 2 cups. They we moist and delicious. Definitely will make again.