Carrot Cupcakes With White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
Milk chocolate flavored confectionery (sugar, cocoa butter, whey powder, milkfat, unsweetened chocolate, nonfat dry milk, coconut oil, sunflower lecithin, pgpr.
Recipe Summary Carrot Cupcakes With White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
This is a very moist and light carrot muffin. It's not too sweet and not greasy like other carrot muffins/cakes. The White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing adds just enough sweetness to round it off.Ingredients | White Chocolate Ice Cream Bars2 ounces white chocolate1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened½ cup unsalted butter, softened1 teaspoon vanilla extract½ teaspoon orange extract4 cups confectioners' sugar2 tablespoons heavy cream2 eggs, lightly beaten1 ⅛ cups white sugar⅓ cup brown sugar½ cup vegetable oil1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 cups shredded carrots½ cup crushed pineapple1 ½ cups all-purpose flour1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda½ teaspoon salt1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon½ teaspoon ground nutmeg¼ teaspoon ground ginger1 cup chopped walnutsDirectionsPreheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.In small saucepan, melt white chocolate over low heat. Stir until smooth, and allow to cool to room temperature.In a bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in white chocolate, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and orange extract. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar until the mixture is fluffy. Mix in heavy cream.Beat together the eggs, white sugar, and brown sugar in a bowl, and mix in the oil and vanilla. Fold in carrots and pineapple. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Mix flour mixture into the carrot mixture until evenly moist. Fold in 1/2 cup walnuts. Transfer to the prepared muffin cups.Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool completely on wire racks before topping with the icing and sprinkling with remaining walnuts.Info | White Chocolate Ice Cream Barsprep: 30 mins cook: 25 mins additional: 1 hr total: 1 hr 55 mins Servings: 12 Yield: 12 muffins
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