I just had the urge to make carrot cake for weeks. I don't know why. Since everything has been bought earlier on,I pursued with my mission.
For days I had been looking for a carrot cake recipe that I'd like to try. But suddenly today I felt like making carrot cupcakes instead.
So I browsed through and thought I'd make this one.
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/carrot_cake_cupcakes/
But when I had the batter ready,I looked at the time. I had to go out and there was no time for cuppies. Huhuhu.
So I took out my newly bought 9" x 9" baking pan. Buttered it and poured the whole batter in it. Pushed it into the oven. And praying hard that it will be delicious. Huhuhu.
Alhamdulillah it turned out delicious. Though I must say that its a bit heavy. I think the weather does give an effect to the flour. Should have used less. Never the less,the whole cake was finished to the last piece.
Ingredients.
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 pound of carrots
3 large eggs
1/2 cup of buttermilk (or add a teaspoon of lemon juice to regular milk and allow to stand for 10 minutes)
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of vegetable oil
1 tablespoon of orange zest
3 cups of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of kosher salt
2 teaspoons of ground cardamom ( I used 1/4 tsp of nutmeg instead )
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Toast the walnuts in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
2. Rinse the carrots and peel the rough skins off, then grate the carrots.
3. Place the carrots, buttermilk, oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and orange zest together in a bowl and whisk thoroughly.
4. In another bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cardamom, and cinnamon.
5. Fold the flour mixture into the carrot mixture, being sure not to overmix. Fold in the toasted walnuts until evenly incorporated.
6. Scoop into cupcake papers about 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake for 19-21 minutes at 350F, being sure to rotate the pan after the first 15 minutes of baking. Afterwards allow to cool for 5 minutes before taking the cupcakes out of the cupcake tin and allowing them to fully cool on a wire rack. Frost cooled cupcakes.
Makes 24 cupcakes.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
16 oz of Philadelphia cream cheese
1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
Beat the cream cheese and butter on medium speed until well combined. Sift in the powdered sugar and mix. Spread onto cooled cupcakes.
For days I had been looking for a carrot cake recipe that I'd like to try. But suddenly today I felt like making carrot cupcakes instead.
So I browsed through and thought I'd make this one.
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/carrot_cake_cupcakes/
But when I had the batter ready,I looked at the time. I had to go out and there was no time for cuppies. Huhuhu.
So I took out my newly bought 9" x 9" baking pan. Buttered it and poured the whole batter in it. Pushed it into the oven. And praying hard that it will be delicious. Huhuhu.
Alhamdulillah it turned out delicious. Though I must say that its a bit heavy. I think the weather does give an effect to the flour. Should have used less. Never the less,the whole cake was finished to the last piece.
Ingredients.
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 pound of carrots
3 large eggs
1/2 cup of buttermilk (or add a teaspoon of lemon juice to regular milk and allow to stand for 10 minutes)
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of vegetable oil
1 tablespoon of orange zest
3 cups of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of kosher salt
2 teaspoons of ground cardamom ( I used 1/4 tsp of nutmeg instead )
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Toast the walnuts in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
2. Rinse the carrots and peel the rough skins off, then grate the carrots.
3. Place the carrots, buttermilk, oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and orange zest together in a bowl and whisk thoroughly.
4. In another bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cardamom, and cinnamon.
5. Fold the flour mixture into the carrot mixture, being sure not to overmix. Fold in the toasted walnuts until evenly incorporated.
6. Scoop into cupcake papers about 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake for 19-21 minutes at 350F, being sure to rotate the pan after the first 15 minutes of baking. Afterwards allow to cool for 5 minutes before taking the cupcakes out of the cupcake tin and allowing them to fully cool on a wire rack. Frost cooled cupcakes.
Makes 24 cupcakes.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
16 oz of Philadelphia cream cheese
1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
Beat the cream cheese and butter on medium speed until well combined. Sift in the powdered sugar and mix. Spread onto cooled cupcakes.
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