Ingredients carrot cakes
- 90 g carrot, grated
- 110 g pineapple, mashed
- 60 g pecan nuts
- 130 g flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 70 g granulated sugar
- 50 g cane sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 125 ml sunflower oil
- 2 eggs
- 20 g grated coconut
- 1 orange
For the topping:
- 300 g cream cheese
- 200 g white chocolate spread
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Preparation method carrot cakes
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Peel the carrot and grate finely. Weigh 90 grams. Reserve a few nice pecans for garnish and chop the rest.
Step 2
Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices in a bowl.
Step 3
Beat the granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, sunflower oil and eggs with the mixer to a batter. Add the flour mixture and mix everything briefly with the (hand) mixer until the flour is completely incorporated.
Step 4
Fold the coconut into the batter. Grate the orange zest from the orange and put half of this in the batter and fold in the pineapple and carrot. Finally, fold the pecans into the batter. Divide the batter between cupcake tins and bake them in the middle of the oven for about 20 minutes. Let cool completely on a rack.
Step 5
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese with the chocolate spread and vanilla extract until smooth. Roughly chop the rest of the pecans. Decorate the cupcakes with the cream, the rest of the orange zest and the pecans.
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