Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Cooking:
25 min.
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Servings per container:
18
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Ingredients for - Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

1. All-purpose flour - 2 cups
2. Ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon
3. Baking soda - 2 teaspoons
4. Baking powder - 2 teaspoons
5. Ground allspice - ½ teaspoon
6. Salt - ½ teaspoon
7. Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon
8. Ground cloves - ⅛ teaspoon
9. Dark brown sugar - 1 ½ cups
10. Sour cream - ¾ cup
11. White sugar - ½ cup
12. Vegetable oil - ½ cup
13. Eggs - 4 large
14. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons
15. Freshly grated carrots - 3 cups
16. Chopped pecans - 1 cup
17. Cream cheese, softened - 1 (8 ounce) package
18. Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup
19. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons
20. Lemon juice - 2 teaspoons
21. Confectioners' sugar, or to taste - 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 standard muffin cups with paper liners.

2. Stage

Sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, allspice, salt, nutmeg, and cloves together in a large mixing bowl.

3. Stage

Mix brown sugar, sour cream, white sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla together until smooth. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, and stir until just combined. Stir in carrots, then fold in pecans. Divide batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.

5. Stage

While the cupcakes are cooling, beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and lemon juice in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar, a bit a time, until smooth and desired sweetness is achieved. Spread onto cooled cupcakes.