Easter Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Celebrate Easter with the perfect Carrot Cake Cupcakes recipe- made with a delicious cream cheese or milk chocolate cream cheese frosting.
Servings: 24 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Homemade Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups freshly grated carrots
- Optionals: raisins chopped walnuts, coconut
Shortcut Carrot Cake Cupcakes
- 1 box favorite Carrot Cake Mix plus instructions how to bake cupcakes on box, with eggs, oil and water.
Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- 8 ounce package cream cheese room temperature or softened
- ¾ cup unsalted butter softened (can reduce to ½ cup butter if desired)
- 4 cups powdered sugar more as needed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- green/orange food gel color to make the carrots on top
- Optional decoratives sweetened shredded coconut
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Chocolate sprinkles
- Optional decoratives: Cadbury eggs gummy bunnies, jelly beans
Instructions
Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pan with paper liners and set aside. Make boxed mix cupcake recipe or make these homemade cupcakes!
- Dry Ingredients: Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Wet Ingredients: In a large bowl, using mixer, beat the eggs for 2-3 minutes. Add in sugar, oil, Greek yogurt/sour cream and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Gradually add in dry ingredients and mix together until combined. Fold in carrots.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full and bake for about 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Shortcut Carrot Cake Cupcakes
- 1 box favorite Carrot Cake Mix, plus instructions how to bake cupcakes on box, with eggs, oil and water.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- To make cream cheese frosting, using mixer, mix together the cream cheese and butter. Slowly mix in the powdered sugar. Add in vanilla and mix until combined.
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
- To make chocolate cream cheese frosting, Make the cream cheese frosting and then add in unsweetened cocoa powder. Beat until well-incorporated into the frosting & be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl so that all ingredients are well-combined.
- Frost completely cooled cupcakes.
Notes
This recipe makes 24 cupcakes, halve recipe for 12 cupcakes.