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Carrot Cupcakes

Incredibly delicious and easy to make – an instant Spring favourite!

ingredients 12 ingredients
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Prep 15 minutes Cooking 25 minutes
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Ingredients

  • For the cupcakes:
  • 3 medium carrots, peeled & grated
  • 100g soft light brown sugar
  • 80g golden syrup
  • 100g Rodda's Cornish clotted cream
  • 150g self raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 eggs
  • Pinch of salt
  • For the icing:
  • 50g full fat cream cheese
  • 113g Rodda's Cornish clotted cream
  • 175g icing sugar

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4
  2. Line a cupcake tray with cupcake cases
  3. To make the cupcakes, add the light brown sugar, golden syrup, and clotted cream into a bowl and mix
  4. Add the rest of the cupcake ingredients and beat until combined
  5. Divide the mixture into the cupcake cases and bake for 22-25 minutes until a skewer comes out clean
  6. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool completely

Once cooled make the icing:

  1. Beat together the cream cheese and Rodda’s clotted cream with a wooden spoon or electric mixer for 2 minutes until combined
  2. Sieve in the icing sugar and beat again for 3 -4 minutes until thick

To assemble:

  1. Pipe the icing on to the cupcakes
  2. Decorate with walnuts, toffee brittle, or sugared carrots
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