Moist Carrot Cupcakes!

Carrot Cupcakes! 

Super moist and delicious!

Ingredients:

2 Cups Flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

4 eggs

1 1/4 cup oil

1 cup white sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 tsp vanilla

3 cups grated carrots (Use the bigger hole on the grater)

Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 cups confectioners sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325F. Line 2 cupcake pans. Mix together in a bowl, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt cinnamon and nutmeg until well combined. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, sugars and vanilla until combined. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix for about 2-3 minutes. Add your grated carrots and mix. Pour batter into cupcake pans and bake for 45-50 minutes until done. Cool completely and frost and decorate with the carrot spirals. to make the cream cheese frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add in the  confectioners sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add more sugar if it is too thin. 

Candied Carrot Twirls

1 Large Carrot or 2, peel layers lengthwise with a peeler (the longer the better)

1 Cup Water

1 Cup Sugar

Boil water and sugar, mixing until all sugar is combined. Add the peel carrots and simmer for 15 uncovered. Remove and strain using a sieve and discard the sugar water. Let rest for 15 minutes. Preheat your oven to 225 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment or wax paper. Lay carrots flat on the baking sheet. Put in the middle rack of the oven and bake for about 25-30 minutes, until dry, but still flexible.  Using a chopstick (or whatever you have similar), wind the carrots, 1 at a time, around the chopstick in a spiral and carefully slide it off the chopstick and place it seams side down onto the baking sheet again. Do this for all the carrots. Place the sheet of spiral carrots back into the oven for another 30-45 minutes until crisp! Then frost your cupcakes and add the decor!

I hope you enjoy! My family sure did!