Ingredients for Chocolate & carrot cupcakes 
-
11/2 cups finely grated carrots
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
- 1/4 tsp ginger powder β optional
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 5 tbsp chocolate chips β optional
- 4-5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 4-6 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
-
2 eggs
- 5 tbsp raisins
- 11/4 cups plain flour
- For buttercream frosting:
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 50 g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
-
1 tbsp milk
- 5 tbsp cocoa powder
-
Marzipan coloured orange
- Marzipan coloured green
Cooking Instructions for making Chocolate & carrot cupcakes 

Preheat the oven to 180Β°c and line a cupcake baking tin with 12 cups liners, set aside. Sift in a medium bowl
, add plain flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon powder, ginger powder, nutmeg powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt, combine all together and set aside the dry ingredients.
In a bowl , add butter, sugar, eggs
beat together for 2 mins, add vanilla extract mix well, add dry ingredients in the wet mixture, mix gently, add in finely grated carrots
and fold into the batter with a spatula. Finally add chocolate chips, raisins and mix gently.
Evenly distributed the cupcake batter between the
cupcake liners, fill each liner to three quarters full, bake the cupcakes
for 20 mins or inserted a knife
in the center comes out clean, let the cupcakes
cool in the baking tin for 10 mins, remove and transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
For buttercream frosting: in a bowl , add butter, icing sugar beat well, add 1 tbsp milk
and mix well, add cocoa powder mix well, finally add vanilla extract mix well, spread on top of the each
cupcake, keep aside. Make carrots
from marzipan (coloured
orange), and leaves
from (coloured green), arrange them on each cupcakes
and serve.
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