How to make spiced carrot cake cupcakes

Make Spiced Carrot Cake Cupcakes

30
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INGREDIENTS

Weigh out the oil, sugar, golden syrup and gather your 4 eggs

Weigh out the oil, sugar, golden syrup and gather your 4 eggs

Add the oil, sugar, golden syrup and eggs to a mixing bowl

Add the oil, sugar, golden syrup and eggs to a mixing bowl

Weight out the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda

Weight out the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda

Grate your carrots and weigh coconut

Grate your carrots and weigh coconut

Mix the oil, sugar, golden syrup and eggs together for about a minute

Mix the oil, sugar, golden syrup and eggs together for about a minute

Add the flour and spices and mix on high speed for about a minute

Add the flour and spices and mix on high speed for about a minute

Add the grated carrot and coconut to the cake mix and mix gently for about 20 seconds till just combined.

Add the grated carrot and coconut to the cake mix and mix gently for about 20 seconds till just combined.

Using an ice cream scoop line a muffin tin with cupcake cases 2/3 full

Using an ice cream scoop line a muffin tin with cupcake cases 2/3 full

Bake on 180c/350f or Gas 4 for approx 22 minutes, check after 20 minutes to see how they are getting on

Bake on 180c/350f or Gas 4 for approx 22 minutes, check after 20 minutes to see how they are getting on

Make your butter cream with 250g unsalted butter and 250g icing sugar, add the juice and rind of a lemon & orange, add to buttercream and then beat, add a little hot water and continue to beat

Make your butter cream with 250g unsalted butter and 250g icing sugar, add the juice and rind of a lemon & orange, add to buttercream and then beat, add a little hot water and continue to beat

When cakes are cool pipe on your buttercream and eat #yum

When cakes are cool pipe on your buttercream and eat #yum

  • 300.0ml Sunflower oil
  • 225.0g Soft brown sugar
  • 175.0g Golden syrup
  • 350.0g Self raising flour
  • 2.0tsp Cinnamon
  • 1.0tsp ground cloves
  • 1.0tsp Ground ginger
  • 1.0tsp Bicarbonate soda
  • 225.0g Grated Carrots
  • 30.0g Desiccated coconut
  • 100.0g unsalted butter
  • 100.0g icing sugar
  • 1.0 Zest and rind orange
  • 1.0 Zest and rind of a orange
  • 4.0 Medium eggs