- prep: 20 min
- cook: 18 min
- total: 38 min
Summary
Flavorful, soft, and moist carrot cake cupcakes with the best cream cheese frosting!
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/3 cups white flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon EACH: ground nutmeg, ground ginger, ground cloves
- 2/3 cup light-brown brown sugar, (packed)
- 1/3 cup white granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or use 1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 and 1/2 cups finely shredded carrots ((~3 medium sized carrots))
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, (at room temperature)
- 1 package (8 ounces) full-fat cream cheese, (at room temperature (do not use low fat))
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or use 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract)
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- Optional: 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 473 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 24 g 36.19%
- Saturated Fat: 8 g 40.92%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 43 mg 14.4%
- Sodium: 259 mg 10.78%
- Calcium: 52 mg 5.19%
- Potassium: 104 mg 2.98%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 4.48%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 66 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 3.27%
- Sugar: 53 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 8.63%
- Vitamin C 0.2%
- Vitamin D 0.73%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat5
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs4
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq