Muffins & Pastries

Carrot Cake Muffins

Carrot cake muffins, full of cinnamon and spice and glazed with a cinnamon-vanilla icing!  The perfect grab-and-go breakfast that is really just an excuse to eat cake for breakfast.

Homemade muffins are the BEST!!  And the smell of these muffins baking in the oven is ah-mazing.

Carrot Cake Muffins

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Serves: 18-20 Cooking Time: 15-18 minutes

Ingredients

  • CARROT CAKE MUFFINS:
  • 3/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 tablespoon mild molasses
  • 3 eggs, room temperature
  • 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract (I used Rodelle Pure Vanilla Extract)
  • 1/4 cup vanilla greek yogurt, room temperature
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (I used Rodelle)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 cups finely grated carrots
  • VANILLA-CINNAMON ICING:
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I used Rodelle)

Instructions

1

PREPARE MUFFINS: Preheat oven to 425-degrees and line two cupcake tins with cupcake liners. Set aside. In the bowl of your stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the oil, brown sugar and molasses. Beat the mixture on medium-high speed until combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating each egg into the mixture thoroughly before adding the next egg. Add vanilla extract and greek yogurt and beat thoroughly into mixture.

2

With the mixture on low speed, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to the wet ingredients and mix on low only until ingredients are barely incorporated.

3

Remove the bowl from the mixer and add the finely grated carrots by hand to the mixture, gently folding them in. Pour batter into the cupcake liners, filling 3/4 of the way full with with batter. Bake muffins, one tin at a time, in 425-degree oven for 5-minutes. After 5-minutes, leave the muffins in the oven, but reduce the oven temperature to 375-degrees and continue baking for 10-13 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out without raw batter on it. Let muffins cool completely before icing.

4

PREPARE ICING: In a bowl, mix together the melted butter, sugar, water, vanilla and ground cinnamon. Add additional powdered sugar if icing is too loose or more water if icing is too stiff. Use a spoon to dollop the icing on top of the cooled muffins.

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5 Comments

  • Reply
    Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
    March 26, 2020 at 7:41 AM

    Oh I love the sound of these muffins! Carrot cake is one of my favorites!

  • Reply
    Katherine | Love In My Oven
    March 26, 2020 at 8:45 PM

    I ADORE carrot cake, Kelly!!! Sign me up for a dozen of these, please. Extra frosting!!

  • Reply
    crumbtopbaking
    March 30, 2020 at 7:34 AM

    I can never resist carrot cake in any form, and that vanilla cinnamon icing looks delicious!

  • Reply
    Laura
    March 30, 2020 at 10:35 AM

    Not only a good excuse to eat cake for breakfast, I think this also qualifies as a vegetable side dish for dinner. Doesn’t it? Thanks, Kelly for the recipe!

  • Reply
    Vinnie Morissette
    October 20, 2024 at 8:04 AM

    Your blog has become an indispensable resource for me. I’m always excited to see what new insights you have to offer. Thank you for consistently delivering top-notch content!

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