Who thinks it's time for another round of healthy feel-good treat? Rise your hand! No? Too shy to rise your hand? Yeah.. it's going to look weird with one hand rise up while holding a phone, isn't it?
Regardless. Even if you're silently nodding in your mind, then hey! This is it!
Healthy carrot cake muffins.
Tender and fluffy muffins that are surprisingly delicious for them being healthy. I mean, you honestly wouldn't think they are made with wholesome natural ingredients if I didn't tell you. Would you?
They look equally beautiful! Not super dense weird-looking ones like we always see in the healthy sections of a supermarket.
And personally, for me, the taste is just amazing. Just knowing that these beauties are made with nutritious dense ingredients and taste delicious is just a win-win situation for me.
I love creating feel-good treats that don't compromise on the taste or the look (hello healthy chocolate chip cookies, oats banana muffins, chocolate peanut butter banana bread, and healthy apple muffins!)
Awesome Wholesome Ingredients
Let me break down the awesome wholesome ingredients for you:
- They have whole-grain spelt flour
- Expect to find lots of carrots in them
- Also some walnuts and apple
- Natural sweetener which is honey. Use maple syrup if you want, of course.
- Less amount of oil than the typical muffins. I'm using coconut oil. Use your favourite oil.
2 Ingredients Frosting
Oh this is the easiest homemade frosting, ever. It's just cream cheese and honey.
I mean, 2 ingredients?! And hey if you don't want frosting then don't make it. No problem at all.
If you do want to make it, the good thing is you can control the sweetness to your liking, using your favourite sweetener.
Can I Freeze Them?
Yes! They freeze good, so don't worry.
I like to freeze them without the frosting though. I wrap them individually with some cling film and them place them in a ziploc bag, and into the freezer they go.
Thaw at room temperature and then frost. Or not. Your choice.
Let me know what you think.
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Hungry For More?
Check out these healthy treats:
- Pancakes 3 ways
- Whole wheat English muffins
- Zucchini brownies
- Blueberry oatmeal muffins
- Chocolate cupcakes
Video
📖 Recipe
Healthy Carrot Cake Muffins
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cup whole grain spelt flour (260 g)
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg powder
Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup full fat milk (125 ml), room temperature
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 large eggs , room temperature
- ⅓ cup coconut oil (80 ml)
- ½ cup honey (160 g)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup grated carrot (165 g)
- ½ cup grated apple (80 g)
- ½ cup walnuts (60 g), chopped
Frosting
- 6 oz cream cheese (170 g), room temperature
- 2 tablespoon honey (40 g), or to your liking
Instructions
Dry Ingredients
- Add all ingredients into a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
Wet Ingredients
- Add milk and lemon juice into another bowl and leave for 10 minutes. Then add in eggs, oil, honey and vanilla extract. Mix well using a hand whisk.
- Now add in dry ingredients and mix everything together, but do not over mix it. Finally add in carrot, apple and walnut. Give it one last mix. Scoop batter evenly into lined muffin pans. This recipe yields 16 muffins.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350ºF(175ºC) at lower ⅔ rack, no fan-forced, with top and bottom heat, for 23 minutes or until you insert a skewer into a muffin and it comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
The Frosting
- Add cream cheese into a bowl and mix until it gets creamy, using a spatula. Now add in 2-3 tablespoon of honey (or your favourite sweetener) until you get your desired sweetness.
- Spoon onto the muffins and finally sprinkle some chopped walnuts on top. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Use spoon and level method when measuring the flour (for cup measurement)
- Use portable oven thermometer (like this one) for a more precise temperature reading (I use it too)
- Refer to my post above for tips
C Greene says
Came out fabulous!! Thank you for sharing
Bea says
Yeay! Happy to hear that, thank you!
Sobia says
Hey,
This recipes looks awesome, want to try it on my son’s birthday! So can make the same batter with half quantity of all the ingredients and make 12 mini cupcakes for toddlers? (As the stated one is for full size 16 cupcakes right? )
Bea says
Hi Sobia! Yes I'd think it'll work with half batch. Let me know how it goes, and have fun!
Liz Lumogdang says
Thank you so much Miss Bea for sharing such a healthy and great tasting muffin. I made it for my family for and now for my aunt's big birthday celebration. I am so excited to give it to everyone.
You're such a blessing.
More power to you
Bea says
Hi Liz! I'm happy to know that your family loved it. I have more delish healthy recipes here if you're interested. Thank you so much for your feedback, have a wonderful day ahead! ❤️
Liza Loraine M Lumogdang says
This recipe is really amazing. My family loves it and it's totally healthy. Thank you so much Elmundo
Bea says
Awesome Liza, I'm happy to hear that. Do check out more healthy bake recipes here if you're interested. Thank you!
Bei says
Hi, can i make this recipe with 6inch cake mould? If yes, what temperature and time should i bake with? Tq 🙂
Aggeliki says
Hi!!. Thank you for the great recipe. I did the recipe but replaced the spelt flour with whole wheat flour (didn't have any spelt) but I could definitely taste the bitterness of the WW flour. Can I add to your recipe a couple of tablespoons of orange juice? Orange juice can/may decrease the bitterness a bit.
Bea says
Hi Aggeliki! I haven't tried it but maybe it could work? Or try using orange zest instead, so that not to change the consistency of raw batter? Let me know how it goes and thank you! ❤️
Aggeliki says
Hi again. Thank you for your reply. I did manage to find spelt flour (it is dinkel in Greece). I made the recipe again and the cupcakes turned out great!!! (Don't get me wrong, the previous ones were great too... Just had a bitter aftertaste). The recipe is amazing, not very sweet and well balanced. I recommend it to anyone that wants a delicious/gilt free cupcake. Next on my list: Zucchini brownies.
Tania says
Hi, what if I use low fat milk and don't use lemon juice? Will it be as good? Thank you! 🙂
Aya Heusaff says
Hi! Can I use almond milk instead 🙂
Bea says
Yes you can 🙂
Lindsay Walter says
I love your healthy recipes Bea! They never fail. These muffins are so delicious and I have made them several time now. Thanks a lot.
Lindsay
Bea says
I appreciate your words Lindsay, thank you so much!
Purvi Modi Monga says
Can we use all purpose flour instead of spelt flour? OR wheat flour? Cannot find spelt flour here.
Bea says
You can try using all purpose flour 🙂
Fung Mei Seian says
Hi, can use almond flour or oat flour to replace spelt flour?
Bea says
Hi! I haven't tried it with those so I can't really say they will have the same result. Sorry!