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Carrot Cake Muffins

very moist and lovely carrot spice flavor
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Snack
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • 1 cup cake tins maybe 2 tins

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups finely grated carrots 3-4 large carrots on small holes on box grater
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup dark brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 4 ounces apple sauce
  • ½ cup canola oil cooking oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350℉. Peel and grate carrots and set aside.
  • In a large bowl add the wet ingredients and sugars. Eggs, brown and white sugar, applesauce, oil and vanilla extract. Mix well until combined.
  • Add the grated carrots to the wet ingredients. Stir till combined
  • In a small/medium bowl add the dry ingredients. Flour, baking powder and soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Whisk till combined.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir just until combined, do not over mix.
  • Divide the batter between 12 muffin tins either greased or lined with muffin wrappers. Bake in the preheated oven for 22-25 minutes.
Keyword carrot cake muffins, grated carrots, moist carrot cake muffins