Girl decides that unhealthy carbohydrate consumption is getting out of hand.
Therefore girl buys carrots to make a hearty and nutritious soup.
Carrots get turned into cake.
Woops.
Prep Time: 45 mins
Makes:
IMPORTANT NOTE: This recipe makes 24 cupcakes (I wanted some to freeze), even though my photos show it making twelve- I actually only have one cupcake tin in Edinburgh and therefore I had to bake them twelve at a time. If you find yourself in the same situation you can do what I did and just cover half of your mix in clingfilm while waiting for the first 12 to bake OR you can half the recipe.
Ingredients:
For the Cupcakes…
The Zest and Juice 2 Oranges
100g Sultanas
300ml Sunflower Oil
4 Eggs
280g Soft Light Brown Sugar
340g Self-Raising flour
4 tsp each Ground Cinnamon and Ground Mixed spice
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
280g Carrots, coarsely grated
100g Walnuts, chopped, plus halves to decorate
For the Icing…
250g Cream Cheese
100g Soft Unsalted Butter
600g Icing Sugar
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180°C/ 350 F/ Gas Mark 4.
2. To make the cakes…Stir the zest, juice and sultanas together in a bowl then microwave for 1-2 mins.
3. Whisk together the oil and eggs.
4. Mix together the sugar, flour, mixed spice, cinnamon and bicarb then add the sultanas and juice and zest of the oranges as well as the grated carrot, and chopped walnuts.
5. Add all of this to the whisked oil and egg mixture and mix until all combined.
6. Use an ice cream scoop to fill your cupcake cases or alternatively spoon the mixture into the cases with a tablespoon until they are two-thirds full.
7. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until the cakes are springy and well risen.
8. To make the Icing… Mix all of the ingredients together until you have a smooth but stiff icing for piping. Put it in the fridge for a bit before piping if you feel it isn’t stiff enough.
9. Put the icing in a piping bag and using a star shaped nozzle if you have one (it doesn’t matter if you don’t) pipe your icing in top of the cupcakes.
10. Add a walnut half to the top of each cake and then sprinkle with cinnamon.
Reblogged this on jacquimacp.com and commented:
These look very yummy, indeed surely a Bake Off candidate in the making!😊
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Thank you very much! Glad you like them 🙂 not quite sure I’m brave enough for Bake Off just yet though! 😛
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Annaaaa! You’re blog is so gorgeous, and you’re cakes looks AMAZING! Hope to see you one day soon, has been far too long! Lots of love, Amber (Maxwell-Boydell!) xxxx
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Amberrr! I’m so sorry I just noticed this- I have been slightly neglectful of the blog of late! I blame it on the Scottish darkness restricting my photography time to what seems like a half hour window! All I want for Christmas is some natural light! (I am sure you can relate!) 😛 You should be very proud of The Ramble Co. It looks wonderful! Keep up the good work and I very much look forward to reading your future posts! Anna Xxx
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Haha, I completely sympathise with the light problem!! That is very kind of you, thank you! Would be gorgeous to catch up some time and have alllll the blogging chats! xxxx
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