Carrot Cake Fruited Carrot Loaf Or Christmas Muffins Recipes

CARROT CAKE - FRUITED CARROT LOAF OR CHRISTMAS MUFFINS

Steps:

• In bowl: beat eggs until smooth and creamy, add sugar, oil, milk, vanilla and beat well.
• In large bowl combine and whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• Make well in dry ingredients, add the egg mixture mixing until thoroughly combined.
• Stir in grated carrots, coconut, raisins and pecans.
• Pour into two greased loaf pans ( approximately 9 x 5 and preferably lined) baking in a 350 oven 60 - 70 minute. (ovens vary).
• Remove from oven, place on wire rack until cooled completely.
• Remove from pan, wrap in foil, refrigerate overnight before slicing.

MINI CARROT CAKE LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 6-cavity mini loaf tray.
• Mix carrots, flour, sugar, walnuts, oil, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl until combined. Pour batter into the prepared tray, filling each loaf cavity 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer loaves to a wire rack to finish cooling.

CARROT CAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Beat milk, eggs, applesauce, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in another bowl. Stir carrots into flour mixture; fold in milk mixture and butter until batter is just combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CARROT CAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees with the rack in the upper third of the space. Oil or butter muffin tins.
• Sift together the whole-wheat pastry flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt.
• In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, sugar, oil, buttermilk and vanilla. Using a whisk or a spatula, stir in the dry ingredients and mix until well combined. Do not beat; a few lumps are fine, but make sure there is no flour at the bottom of the bowl. Fold in the raisins or pecans and the carrots.
• Spoon into muffin cups, filling them to just below the top (about 4/5 full). Place in the oven, and bake 25 minutes until lightly browned and well risen.