Carrot Muffins

Carrot Muffins

1 hour
Medium
12

These carrot muffins are a fantastic zesty treat, perfect for colder seasons with a warm feeling.

  1. Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/gas mark 3 and grease a muffin tin.
  2. Finely grate the zest of the orange on to a plate and set it aside, then squeeze the orange and soak the sultanas in the juice whilst you make up the rest of the recipe.
  3. Whisk the eggs and maple syrup for a full 5 minutes until pale coffee coloured. Add the grated carrot and orange zest before beating again briefly to incorporate.
  4. Add the ground almonds, cinnamon, baking powder, vanilla extract and salt into the wet mix above and combine together with the help of the whisk.
  5. Add the sultanas, along with any orange juice left in the bowl and toasted nuts. Mix with a spatula until they are dotted around.
  6. Pour the mixture into each muffin hole (about 2 tablespoons per muffin).
  7. Place them in the middle of the oven for 45 minutes - 1 hour.
  8. Remove the cakes from the oven turn out on to wire rack and leave to cool completely, otherwise the icing will run off.
  9. To make the cream-cheese icing, add all the icing ingredients together and refrigerate for 15 minutes before icing the cold cake.
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1 hour
Medium
12

Ingredients

  • 1 orange
  • 150g of sultanas
  • 80g of pecans or walnuts, roughly chopped
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
  • 280g of scrubbed and finely grated carrot
  • 80g of ground almonds
  • 2 tablespoons of cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons of baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

For the Icing:

  • 226g cream cheese (full fat) softened to room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup (or raw honey works well)
  • 120g Greek yogurt, vanilla or plain full fat
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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