Carrot Cake Muffins with Cream Cheese Icing Recipe
These carrot cake muffins are light and airy, made with three eggs and not much butter. They’re moist and just the right kind of sweet. The molasses cream cheese frosting is a nice addition if you want to enjoy these as a treat.
These carrot cake muffins are moist but not wet like some carrot muffins can be and they’re not oily or interrupted by nuts.
Carrot Cake Muffins Recipe
Our Carrot Cake Muffins are light and airy. They’re moist and just sweet enough. Try it with our Cream Cheese Icing recipe
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 18 serving(s) 1x
- Category: Muffins & Quick Breads
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups flour, spooned in
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour, spooned in
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup brown sugar (can reduce to 2/3 cup)
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup finely shredded carrots
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and prepare muffin pans.
- In a small pan melt butter, remove from heat and stir in molasses.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs. Whisk in the milk and yogurt then add the butter-molasses mixture along with the vanilla.
- In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Carefully add the wet mixture, stirring until just combined. Stir in the grated carrots and mix until incorporated.
- Spoon into prepared pans and bake at 350° F for about 20 minutes.
- Let cupcakes cool before icing.
Molasses cream cheese icing
Ingredients
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- 1 – 250 g package of cream cheese, softened
- 2 Tbsp. butter, softened
- 3–4 Tbsp. Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
- 3 cups (360g) confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
Beat together the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the molasses and vanilla. Slowly add the confectioners’ sugar until desired consistency.
June
Doesnt your cream cheese frosting have icing sugar in it???
Crosby Molasses
Oups! Looks like we forgot this ingredient! Thanks for letting us know. I adjusted the recipe. -Marie-Pierre at Crosby’s Kitchen
Joy
I would not make these with whole wheat flour. I followed the recipe exactly and the muffins were not moist. Maybe if I made them again I would add 2 tablespoons of crushed pineapple. I think these muffins must benefit from the icing which I was not able to make because of dietary restrictions. Will try them again with more yogurt or pineapple.
Crosby Molasses
Hi Joy, Thanks for your feedback. Whole wheat pastry flour behaves differently than regular whole wheat flour. Not sure from your comment if you used the lighter pastry flour or a standard whole wheat. That said, you could make this recipe entirely with all-purpose flour if you don’t have whole wheat pastry flour.
margaret
can I use GF flour for nuffi s
Crosby Molasses
Hi Margaret, I have had great success with commercial 1:1 GF flour blends. I haven’t tried this recipe with GF flour but would expect it to be fine.
Brenda
I have no yogurt, what can I use instead?
Crosby Molasses
Hi Brenda, You could use sour cream in place of yogurt.
Jeannette Taylor
I just highlight the text I want, do a copy and paste to an email that I send to myself. If I don’t want the pictures I just do 2 or 3 copy/paste and add them to the email. Very easy. You can then print the email.
Crosby Molasses
Hi Jeannette, You’ll be happy to know that our new recipe blog includes a “print recipe” button that is much easier to use!
Jeannette Taylor
I just highlight the text I want, do a copy and paste to an email that I send to myself. If I don’t want the pictures I just do 2 or 3 copy/paste and add them to the email. Very easy. You can then print the email.
Crosby Molasses
Hi Jeannette, You’ll be happy to know that our new recipe blog includes a “print recipe” button that is much easier to use!
cHERYL
if YOU HIGHLIGHT THE PART YOU WANT TO PRINT THEN RIGHT CLICK AND COPY IT WILL ONLY PRINT THAT PART YOU WANT
cHERYL
if YOU HIGHLIGHT THE PART YOU WANT TO PRINT THEN RIGHT CLICK AND COPY IT WILL ONLY PRINT THAT PART YOU WANT
Rose
It is easy to copy the recipe into MS Word print it from there. First, right click on the picture then copy and paste to a new document. Then highlight the muffin recipe,copy and paste. Then hightlight the icing recipe, copy and paste. Only takes a minute.
To make it it on one page, shrink the picture right align it, right click and select text wrapping — chose ‘tight’ and the print will move up. I have saved the Crosby Molasses cookbooks found in their website. Used them alot this Christmas.
Rose
It is easy to copy the recipe into MS Word print it from there. First, right click on the picture then copy and paste to a new document. Then highlight the muffin recipe,copy and paste. Then hightlight the icing recipe, copy and paste. Only takes a minute.
To make it it on one page, shrink the picture right align it, right click and select text wrapping — chose ‘tight’ and the print will move up. I have saved the Crosby Molasses cookbooks found in their website. Used them alot this Christmas.
Deedeereid@msn.com
I just hi-light the parts I want and copy and paste it to an e-mail to myself..then print,it works great.
Deedeereid@msn.com
I just hi-light the parts I want and copy and paste it to an e-mail to myself..then print,it works great.
Cynthia
My only negative comment about your recipe sight is that often one cannot print your recipe without having so many unnecessary copies of other comments. it would take me six pages rather than just one or two to copy this recipe. I love your sight but this means I always end up having to write the recipe by hand….Cyntia
Crosby Molasses
Hi Cynthia, You’re not the first to mention the printing challenges from this site so I have been looking into a different recipe printing “plug-in” that is easier to use. In the meantime, once you click on “print recipe” there is an option along the top to remove all of the images. Also, if you hover over the text of the blog post you’ll see an option to delete text, paragraph by paragraph. I hope that these steps tide you over until we can source another option.
Lucy
As for printing just copy & paste – either to word or your own email. Then print only the part you wanted. BTW Summys yummy going to make these – If I increase whole wheat & decrease regular flour, does baking time change?>
Crosby Molasses
Hi Lucy, The baking time should remain the same regardless of the flour you use. Enjoy.
Paula
Sometimes you select/highlight what you want to print instead of printing everything…I too had the same problem with pages & pages being printed…hope this works
By the way, this recipe sounds delicious but how can I incorporate some crushed pineapple into it without ruining the recipe :)
Crosby Molasses
Hi Paula, Hmmm, I’m not sure how to incorporate crushed pineapple without making them soggy. You might have to just play with it a bit, starting with 1-2 Tbsp. of well-drained pineapple. Let me know how you do.
Deborah Lounsbury
I just made the muffins using 1 cup of whole wheat flour but there is a hole in the center of each cupcake. What did I do wrong? We will still eat them and stuff the hole with extra delish frosting. Next time I will try the 3 cups of white flour and see if they rise better.
Also, regarding the printing of recipes. I just copy and past the recipe into Office or an email to myself and avoid the extra pages.
Thanks so much for your great work, Bridget and love the tip on rice and I-pods. Who knew?
Crosby Molasses
Hi Deborah, There are a few possible reasons for why your muffins sank in the middle…Were they undercooked? Did a tester come out clean? Was the oven pre-heated to the correct temperature? Did you spoon in the flour, instead of scoop? Were they mixed gently? Did they go in the oven as soon as the batter was mixed? Let me know if they work when you use all white flour.
Cathy
> If its too much to print I usually copy and paste to a word perfect document then print.It works
Cynthia
My only negative comment about your recipe sight is that often one cannot print your recipe without having so many unnecessary copies of other comments. it would take me six pages rather than just one or two to copy this recipe. I love your sight but this means I always end up having to write the recipe by hand….Cyntia
Crosby Molasses
Hi Cynthia, You’re not the first to mention the printing challenges from this site so I have been looking into a different recipe printing “plug-in” that is easier to use. In the meantime, once you click on “print recipe” there is an option along the top to remove all of the images. Also, if you hover over the text of the blog post you’ll see an option to delete text, paragraph by paragraph. I hope that these steps tide you over until we can source another option.
Lucy
As for printing just copy & paste – either to word or your own email. Then print only the part you wanted. BTW Summys yummy going to make these – If I increase whole wheat & decrease regular flour, does baking time change?>
Crosby Molasses
Hi Lucy, The baking time should remain the same regardless of the flour you use. Enjoy.
Paula
Sometimes you select/highlight what you want to print instead of printing everything…I too had the same problem with pages & pages being printed…hope this works
By the way, this recipe sounds delicious but how can I incorporate some crushed pineapple into it without ruining the recipe :)
Crosby Molasses
Hi Paula, Hmmm, I’m not sure how to incorporate crushed pineapple without making them soggy. You might have to just play with it a bit, starting with 1-2 Tbsp. of well-drained pineapple. Let me know how you do.
Cathy
> If its too much to print I usually copy and paste to a word perfect document then print.It works
Marina
If I dont have use whole wheat flour can I just use all purpose flour
Looks good
Marina
Crosby Molasses
Hi Marina, Yes, this recipe works just fine without the whole wheat flour. Enjoy!
Marina
If I dont have use whole wheat flour can I just use all purpose flour
Looks good
Marina
Crosby Molasses
Hi Marina, Yes, this recipe works just fine without the whole wheat flour. Enjoy!
margaret
‘Interrupted by nuts’…? Love it!
Also love cream cheese icing, so this will be going on whatever I bake next that needs it…
Crosby Molasses
Hi Margaret, I hope that you enjoy the icing. It tastes a little bit like molasses candy kisses and the texture is lovely.
margaret
‘Interrupted by nuts’…? Love it!
Also love cream cheese icing, so this will be going on whatever I bake next that needs it…
Crosby Molasses
Hi Margaret, I hope that you enjoy the icing. It tastes a little bit like molasses candy kisses and the texture is lovely.
penny
can these be made with 3 cups of all purpose flour?
Crosby Molasses
Hi Penny, Yes, using 3 cups of all-purpose flour for these muffins would work perfectly. Enjoy!
penny
can these be made with 3 cups of all purpose flour?
Crosby Molasses
Hi Penny, Yes, using 3 cups of all-purpose flour for these muffins would work perfectly. Enjoy!