CARROT & ZUCCHINI CUPCAKES W/ SPICED ICING
Carrot cake is one of my favorites and my mom used to make the best zucchini muffins, so I decided to try to put the two together into a yummy cupcake. I'm sure simple cream cheese icing would be good on these, but I love this particular cream cheese icing recipe.
Provided by Alicia . @ahato
Categories Cakes
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and put paper cupcake liners into cupcake pan. In a food processor, pulse carrots, zucchini and raisins until they are uniform in size. *This step is optional but I have found that it works better than folding in shreds and whole raisins*
- In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt and baking soda. In a separate bowl, beat applesauce, eggs and vanilla. Beat the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until it is mixed. Add the processed vegetables and beat until well incorporated.
- Fill each cupcake liner about 1/2 way or so with batter and bake for 21-25 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting and refrigerate.
- For the frosting, cream together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Add the confectioner's sugar in parts and beat well. If needed, add a little more sugar for consistency. Add the cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and mix well.
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