🥕🧁 Carrot Muffin

 🥕🧁 Delicious Muffin Moments: Carrot Muffin Bliss! 😍👩‍🍳

Enjoy delightful homemade carrot muffins with walnut crumbles and cream cheese frosting. This easy-to-follow recipe yields moist and flavourful muffins, perfect for breakfast or a sweet treat.

Ingredients (with quantities):

    Carrot Muffins:

    👉 250 g shredded carrots

    👉 100 g chopped pecans or any nuts of your choice

    👉 150 g brown sugar

    👉 ½ 120ml buttermilk (Substitution: cup milk + 1 tsp white vinegar)

    👉 100 g mashed/blended pineapple (Substitution: Mashed orange/apple sauce)

    👉 120 ml vegetable oil

    👉 3 large eggs

    👉 300g all purpose flour

    👉 2 tsp baking powder

    👉 1 tsp baking soda

    👉 1 tsp cinnamon powder

    👉 ½ tsp salt

    Walnut Crumbles:

    👉 50 g brown sugar

    👉 80g all purpose flour

    👉 80 g walnuts

    👉 80 g unsalted butter

    👉 ½ tsp salt

    Cream Cheese Frosting:

    👉 250 g cream cheese

    👉 50 g powdered sugar

    👉 1 tsp vanilla extract

    👉 370 ml whipping cream

Instructions:

👨‍🍳 1) Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.

👨‍🍳 2) Make Carrot Muffins: In a bowl, mix shredded carrots, chopped pecans, brown sugar, buttermilk, mashed pineapple (or substitute), vegetable oil, and eggs until well combined. Add all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder, and salt. Mix until just combined. Spoon the batter into the muffin tin, filling each cup about two-thirds full.

👨‍🍳 3) Prepare Walnut Crumbles: In another bowl, combine brown sugar, all-purpose flour, walnuts, unsalted butter, and salt until crumbly. Set aside.

👨‍🍳 4) Bake the Muffins: Sprinkle the walnut crumbles evenly over the muffin batter. Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

👨‍🍳 5) Make Cream Cheese Frosting: In a bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth. Gradually add whipping cream and continue beating until fluffy.

👨‍🍳 6) Frost the Muffins: Once the muffins are cooled, frost them generously with cream cheese frosting.

Tips for Perfect Carrot Muffin:

Nutrition Facts (per serving):

💪🏼 Calories: Approximately 300-350

💪🏼 Total Fat: 18g

💪🏼 Saturated Fat: 7g

💪🏼 Cholesterol: 60mg

💪🏼 Sodium: 320mg

💪🏼 Total Carbohydrates: 32g

💪🏼 Dietary Fibre: 2g

💪🏼 Sugars: 15g

💪🏼 Protein: 5g

Serving Tips:

✍️ Serve these delicious carrot muffins topped with cream cheese frosting for breakfast or as delightful desserts.

✍️ Store any leftover muffins in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days.