Children love sweet things and you cannot always deny them that in the bid to give them the healthy stuff. Real cakes or cupcakes (in this case) are made with just butter, sugar and flour…no nutrients to gain. The difference between cupcakes and muffins are that the latter can do without butter and sugar but rather use some oil and honey or fruits as sweetener.
Why this long sermon? These are cupcakes (despite sneaking in some healthy carrot yummies in it), so it should not be an everyday snack or lunchbox treat for your child. Make some and indulge the kids, while making them know it is a treat and not a daily snack. Let’s make it!
Carrot Vanilla Cupcakes Recipes
Ingredients
- 120g self raising flour
- 100g butter
- 100g sugar
- ½ cup carrot puree (find how to make it here)
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla flavour
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Method
- Preheat oven to 160° Celsius.
- Cream butter and sugar in a bowl with a hand mixer until pale or for about 2 minutes.
- Break eggs and pour into the bowl, together with the carrot puree and vanilla flavour.
- Whisk to combine well. Do not over mix please.
- Add the flour and baking powder, mix and scoop into baking cups.
- Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes or insert a tooth pick and if it comes out clean, then it’s done.
Tips:
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To convert grams to cup is dependent on the type of cup you are using and making a good cake or cupcake requires thorough measurement as against muffins. 120g of flour about 1 standard cup measurement, while 100g of sugar may be about ½ or ¾ cup. So, it is always better using a weighing scale.
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If you have just plain flour, then add 2 teaspoons of baking powder to every 100g of flour.
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Carrot Vanilla Cupcakes
Moist vanilla cupcakes with some carrot puree sneaked in to give it a tad healthy twist for kids.
- 120 g self raising flour
- 100 g butter
- 100 g sugar
- ½ cup carrot puree (find how to make it here)
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla flavour
- Preheat oven to 160° Celsius.
- Cream butter and sugar in a bowl with a hand mixer until pale or for about 2 minutes.
- Break eggs and pour into the bowl, together with the carrot puree and vanilla flavour.
- Whisk to combine well. Do not over mix please.
- Add the flour and baking powder, mix and scoop into baking cups.
- Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes or insert a tooth pick and if it comes out clean, then it’s done.
To convert grams to cup is dependent on the type of cup you are using and making a good cake or cupcake requires thorough measurement as against muffins. 120g of flour about 1 standard cup measurement, while 100g of sugar may be about ½ or ¾ cup. So, it is always better using a weighing scale. If you have just plain flour, then add 2 teaspoons of baking powder to every 100g of flour.https://mummysyum.com/carrot-vanilla-cupcakes
