Welcome to the SECOND installment of the Cupcake Project: Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. The recipe can be found on page 24 of Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes.
Super easy batter.
Cream Cheese frosting…sans vanilla. Because I ran out. (note: don’t start drinking guiness mid recipe. it may prevent you from being able to just run out to the store…)
The Finished Product…Topped with toasted coconut.
I love the look. The cupcake was wayyyyy better than my face portrays.
Also, yes, I am wearing an “I *cupcake* NY” tshirt.
Rating:
- Availability of Ingredients: A- (I don’t normally carry a lb of carrots or cream cheese…so I had to make a specific trip to the store for that stuff.)
- Ease of Prep: A++ (Easy peasy!!!! For reals.)
- Time: A++ (cake prep about 7min, bake 25min, icing prep about 7 min)
- Appearance: A- (the toasted coconut makes it purrtier than normal)
- Cake (texture and taste): A (Moist and delish…I think because the recipe called for oil not butter…)
- Icing (texture and taste): B+ (it’s good, i’m just not a cream cheese frosting gal)
- Final Grade: A (The winner so far.)
Just another plug for the cupcake project: If you like cupcakes. And you like me. Drop me an email (penelope@penatpeace.com) and tell me when your birthday is and your address…and get ready to be surprised (or not really surprised) by some bday-time cupcakes! 
Ok, what’s your favorite kind of cupcake?!
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28 Responses for "Cuppy #2: Carrot Cake"
I WANT IT IN MY FACE NOW
My favorite type of cupcake is just vanilla with vanilla icing (maybe with some oreo’s on top!) These look great, I love carrots in muffins too!
oh goodness.. that is like art ! i think when i was younger it would be vanilla cupcakes with sprinkles on top. but carrot cupcakes are the best now i think. great job pen. i like your head-band too.
first of all carrot cake is my FAVORITE cake ever. I actually want that as my wedding cake flavor..if I get married. second of all I have that motherf*cking shirt. I SWEAR TO YOU!!!!! OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. Can we both just post pics of us wearing those shirts one day? Cause I’m a dork and I know you are a dork and ..okay I’ll stop screaming.
I NEED those cupcakes! You’re killing me with these cuppycakes. Seriously. gahhhhh
I love carrot cake!! I don’t really know what my favorite cake flavor is, but I do know that buttercream frosting is my favorite ever!!!!! You look so adorable in your cuppycake shirt and just so you know I love the word cuppycake!
You’re so pretty! Those cuppycakes look wonderful!
ahaha to drinking while baking cuppycakes
way to be!!
I think my fav cupcakes I have ever made are S’more cupcakes…. graham cracker cupcake, chocolate ganache filling, and marshmallow buttercream. It’s ridiculous how good it is!
I love cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. I like the frosting more than the cake actually.
Oh my! I love anything with cream cheese frosting.
I always run out of things right after Ive had too much wine to go to the store. I COULD walk, but its just far enough that I wont.
you should entice your client with cupcakes….tell them you’ll feed them sweet treats if they tell you the truth. Once again your desserts look terrific P!
Hey, I just found your blog through My Healthy Passion. Perfect timing since CARROT CAKE is my favorite cupcake (or cake in general). I thumbed my nose at tradition and had a carrot cake wedding cake instead of normal white bridal cake. So yun!
Obviously I’m new to blogging. Wrong website address on comment above
Oh and that’s “so yuM!”
Carrot cake. In my belly. Just ate my last carrot cake cookie. I love that you photograph yourself eating the batter.
love the toasted coconut – so pretty!
OMG you have just committed an act of food porn! those look beyond good. that frosting. please, i want it!
and the pics of you = totally hot and awesome! you’re beautiful Pen!
YUM!! Actually carrot cake is the only cake I will eat. I am not a cake/brownie person but definitely more of a COOKIE MONSTER! But for some reason carrot cake just breaks all the rules for my taste buds. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
I love the pictures of you…gorgeous chicka!
Incredible. Your project makes me want to try a project. And you look very content with the cake. I like carrot cake cupcakes, but my true favorite is old-fashioned yellow cake…ORRR funfetti! Ha! Love that
carrot cake is one of my all time faves!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow i am so impressed with the looks of this one. esp the toppings!! NICE!!!!!
lol guiness.
Mm carrot cake is my fave. And I adore your shirt.
I like any cupcake w/ cream cheese frosting. Actually, I like any cupcake w/ any kind of frosting. The toasted coconut totally makes that cupcake!
Carrot cake is my #2 fav….red velvet will always have the #1 place in my heart
Girlll you need to put up some kind of disclaimer before you post food porn pictures like that! I was caught completely off guard
Chocolate cupcakes will always be my favorite, with either vanilla or chocolate frosting. Nom.
I’d say German Chocolate is probably my favorite. I love the chocolate + coconut combination.
WHERE did you get that t-shirt?!?! The carrot cake cupcakes look awesome. Seriously. But I’m ALL about that shirt. Shoot me an e-mail and let me know!
Good luck this weekend!!!!
Holy crap those look good.. Carrot cake is one of my FAVES! Those cuppys wouldn’t last a day.
Good luck on Sunday! So exciting.
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