Carrot 'pupcakes'
By michabedford
Delicious, light, airy carrot cupcakes decorated as West Highland Terriers!
Ingredients
- For the cupcakes:
- 250g flour
- 200g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 250ml sunflower oil
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
- 7 tbsp honey
- 3 carrots GRATED
- For the icing:
- 250g icing sugar
- 150g soft butter
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Decoration:
- chocolate drops
- pink sugar candy pieces or red jellies
Details
servings 20
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 30mins
Cost Budget Friendly
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 175*
In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
In another bowl, beat the eggs, oil and honey. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well.
Add the grated carrots, mix thoroughly, then pour into greased cupcake papers.
Bake for 30 minutes and then allow to cool completely before decorating.
For the icing, beat all the ingredients together until thick and smooth.
Pipe the buttercream icing onto the cupcakes in any way you desire but I went for the Westie effect!
Finally finish off the pupcake faces with chocolate drops and the candy/jellies
Tempting as it is, do not open the oven door for a peek whilst baking, this will effect the cupcakes rising.
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