Spiced Carrot Cake Muffins

Name: Spiced Carrot Cake Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp nutmeg; 1/2 tsp mixed spice; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 cups carrots, grated; 3/4 cup walnuts, chopped; 100g cream cheese for glaze; 1 cup icing sugar for glaze; 1 tbsp milk for glaze

Australian carrot cake muffins with cream cheese glaze and walnuts. Grating the carrot finely rather than coarsely lets it disappear into the batter for an even crumb instead of leaving stringy pockets.

Total time

37 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

22 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 cupsself-raising flour

1 tspcinnamon

1/2 tspnutmeg

1/2 tspmixed spice

3/4 cupbrown sugar

2eggs

3/4 cupvegetable oil

1 tspvanilla extract

2 cupscarrots, grated

3/4 cupwalnuts, chopped

100gcream cheese for glaze

1 cupicing sugar for glaze

1 tbspmilk for glaze

Instructions

Mix flour, spices and brown sugar.

Beat eggs, oil and vanilla. Fold into dry.

Stir in carrot and walnuts.

Fill 12 muffin cases. Bake at 180°C for 20-22 minutes.

Make glaze: beat cream cheese with icing sugar and milk. Drizzle over cooled muffins.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1110

Protein

16.9g

Fat

73.2g

Carbs

104.1g

Fiber

8.6g

Sodium

505mg

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