Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting.

Looking for a simple Easter baking idea? These Easter carrot cupcakes are soft, moist, and packed with warm spices, grated carrots, and creamy frosting.

Perfect for Easter parties, afternoon tea, or a spring baking treat. Also, great for any Easter parties you might be planning.

So add a touch of sweetness to your holiday dessert table with these moist and flavourful Easter carrot cupcakes.

Easter carrot cupcakes are a joyful celebration of spring baking, combining warm spices, natural sweetness, and a wonderfully moist texture.

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Perfect for Easter gatherings, these cupcakes take everything we love about classic carrot cake and turn it into a perfectly portioned treat that’s easy to share.

With their cosy flavours and festive charm, they’re just as lovely on a dessert table as they are enjoyed with a cup of tea.

Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting:

Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting.

Why You’ll Love These Easter Carrot Cupcakes:

• Perfect for Easter parties.
• Moist carrot cake flavour in cupcake form.
• Easy recipe cooks in under 30 minutes.
• Delicious with cream cheese frosting.

Decorate these Easter carrot cupcakes with colorful toppings for a festive and delicious dessert idea.

In this post, I’ll show you how to make soft, flavorful Easter carrot cupcakes from scratch, with tips for getting the perfect balance of spice and sweetness.

You’ll also find decorating ideas to give them a festive finish, whether you prefer simple elegance or fun, family-friendly designs.

Ideal for spring celebrations, bake sales, or holiday treats, these carrot cupcakes are a seasonal favourite that never fails to impress.

Makes 26

Ingredients:

• 375g Billington’s Light Brown Muscovado Sugar
• 360g Vegetable oil 
• 1tsp Nielsen-Massey vanilla essence
• 5 Medium eggs
• 375g Allinson plain flour
• 2 tsps Baking powder
• 1tsp Sodium bicarbonate
• 1tsp Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Ground nutmeg
• 1tsp Salt
• 430g Grated carrot
• 120g Coarsely chopped pecans
• 75g Desiccated coconut 
• 75g Canned pineapple, pressed and drained thoroughly 
• 3 x 12 Cup American sized muffin tins
• 26 paper muffin cases

Golden Cream Cheese Icing:

• 150g Cream cheese
• 150g Softened, unsalted butter
• 220g Billington’s Golden Icing Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey vanilla essence

Yellow Marshmallow Chicks:

• 20g Powdered gelatin
• 20ml Cold water
• 540g Billington’s Golden Caster Sugar
• 160g Golden syrup
• 200ml Water
• 1tsp Nielsen-Massey vanilla essence
• 6 Drops liquid yellow food colouring
• Cornflour to coat
• Brownie pan: 2 of 10*12*2 inch pans

Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting Method:

Easter Carrot Cupcakes Recipe:

1. Firstly, preheat oven to 175 degrees
2. In a big bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, sodium bicarbonate, spices and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk Billington’s Light Brown Muscovado Sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla essence, until combined.
4. Add wet mixture to dry ingredients and beat well. Add carrots, pecans, coconut and pineapple, and stir until combined. 
5. Line 12 cup American sized muffin tins with paper cases. Fill each cupcake line 3/4 of the way with the batter. 
6. Bake 22-25 minutes-rotating trays at the 18-minute mark if you have an uneven oven. Test the cupcake with a wooden skewer-if it comes out clean with no wet batter, remove from oven-otherwise let cook for another 5 minutes. 
7. Last but not least, let cupcakes cool in tin for 10 minutes, then remove and let cool an additional 30 minutes, then frost.

Golden Cream Cheese Icing:

• Firstly, beat cream cheese and butter well until smooth with an electric mixer.  Add Billington’s Golden Icing Sugar into 4 parts until well combined. Lastly, stir in the vanilla essence. 

Yellow Marshmallow Chicks:

Yellow Marshmallow Chicks:

1. Firstly, in a large mixing bowl, add gelatin and cold water and stir. 
2. Let gelatin sit and swell or ‘bloom’.  Line the brownie pan with greaseproof paper.
3. In a large saucepan, add 440g Billington’s Golden Caster Sugar, golden syrup and water and stir to combine. 
4. Brush the sides down with water to remove any sugar crystals stuck to the sides. 
5. Bring to the boil, add a sugar thermometer and cook to 120 degrees C.  
6. In a food processor mix 100g Billington’s Golden Caster Sugar and 2 drops of yellow food colouring and blitz until yellow and fine. 
7. Whisk thoroughly with a hand mixer (or in a stand mixer), slowly add hot sugar to the gelatin mixture.
8. Whisk thoroughly until thick bubble gum like strands form.  Add vanilla essence and food colouring.
9. Spray everything with pan spray – spatulas, brownie pan spoons, hands, etc. 
10. Scoop marshmallow mix into brownie pans and spread evenly until mixture is about 2 cm high. 
11. Sprinkle liberally over the top with yellow sugar.
12. 13.) When rested, using a greased Easter chick cookie cutter, cut into shapes. 
13. Take cut chicks and dip in the remainder of the yellow sugar.
14. Last but not least, enjoy.

Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting:

Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting.

Grated carrots add moisture and subtle sweetness, while spices like cinnamon and nutmeg bring warmth and depth to every bite.

Chopped nuts or raisins can add texture, and when topped with a generous swirl of creamy frosting, these cupcakes become irresistibly indulgent.

Finished with playful Easter decorations, pastel sprinkles, or mini carrot toppers, they feel special without being complicated.

So what do you think of these Billington’s Easter Carrot Cupcakes? Do you also fancy making some? Because I know I do.

Recipe courtesy of Billington’s. Also for more Easter ideas Click Here: Easter Ideas.

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Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting:

Easy Easter Carrot Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting.

These easy Easter carrot cupcakes are soft, moist, and topped with creamy frosting. Perfect for spring baking, Easter parties, or afternoon tea.

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