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    El Mundo Eats » Muffin

    Published: Aug 8, 2020 · Updated: May 17, 2021 by Bea & Marco · This post may contain affiliate links · 21 Comments

    Healthy Carrot Cake Muffins

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    healthy carrot muffins on a stand and table

    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 nor the look (hello healthy chocolate chip cookies, oats banana muffins and chocolate peanut butter banana bread!)

    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.
    serving a plate with healthy carrot cake muffins

    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.

    If you're enjoying our recipes and videos, and would like to support us in what we do, show us some love and please leave us good star ratings for the recipes that you've made, in the comment below. That small action from you really helps us a lot. Thank you, guys!

    a partially eaten carrot muffin on a cooling rack

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    📖 Recipe

    healthy carrot cake muffins on a serving stand

    Healthy Carrot Cake Muffins

    Wholesome treat that will make you feel good! These healthy carrot cake muffins are made with natural nutritious ingredients. They are tender and fluffy, not overly sweet and extremely easy to make. Do try!
    Author: Bea & Marco
    5 from 6 votes
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    Servings: 16 muffins
    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time23 mins

    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
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    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

    Nutrition Facts

    Serving: 1muffin with frosting, Calories: 182kcal, Carbohydrates: 17.8g, Protein: 3.1g, Fat: 10.7g, Sodium: 101.7mg, Potassium: 105.5mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 11.7g
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    1. C Greene says

      September 06, 2022 at 12:33 am

      5 stars
      Came out fabulous!! Thank you for sharing

      Reply
      • Bea says

        September 15, 2022 at 10:55 am

        Yeay! Happy to hear that, thank you!

        Reply
    2. Sobia says

      February 25, 2022 at 5:45 pm

      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? )

      Reply
      • Bea says

        March 01, 2022 at 11:47 am

        Hi Sobia! Yes I'd think it'll work with half batch. Let me know how it goes, and have fun!

        Reply
    3. Liz Lumogdang says

      May 30, 2021 at 2:01 pm

      5 stars
      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

      Reply
      • Bea says

        May 31, 2021 at 11:32 am

        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! ❤️

        Reply
    4. Liza Loraine M Lumogdang says

      May 24, 2021 at 8:22 am

      This recipe is really amazing. My family loves it and it's totally healthy. Thank you so much Elmundo

      Reply
      • Bea says

        May 24, 2021 at 11:26 am

        Awesome Liza, I'm happy to hear that. Do check out more healthy bake recipes here if you're interested. Thank you!

        Reply
    5. Bei says

      March 20, 2021 at 9:23 am

      Hi, can i make this recipe with 6inch cake mould? If yes, what temperature and time should i bake with? Tq 🙂

      Reply
    6. Aggeliki says

      January 17, 2021 at 11:49 pm

      5 stars
      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.

      Reply
      • Bea says

        January 19, 2021 at 5:37 pm

        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! ❤️

        Reply
        • Aggeliki says

          January 20, 2021 at 11:39 pm

          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.

          Reply
    7. Tania says

      December 24, 2020 at 11:09 am

      Hi, what if I use low fat milk and don't use lemon juice? Will it be as good? Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
    8. Aya Heusaff says

      November 19, 2020 at 8:01 am

      Hi! Can I use almond milk instead 🙂

      Reply
      • Bea says

        November 19, 2020 at 9:56 am

        Yes you can 🙂

        Reply
    9. Lindsay Walter says

      September 29, 2020 at 11:44 pm

      5 stars
      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

      Reply
      • Bea says

        September 30, 2020 at 3:29 pm

        I appreciate your words Lindsay, thank you so much!

        Reply
    10. Purvi Modi Monga says

      August 09, 2020 at 5:09 am

      Can we use all purpose flour instead of spelt flour? OR wheat flour? Cannot find spelt flour here.

      Reply
      • Bea says

        August 10, 2020 at 3:48 pm

        You can try using all purpose flour 🙂

        Reply
      • Fung Mei Seian says

        August 14, 2020 at 7:26 am

        Hi, can use almond flour or oat flour to replace spelt flour?

        Reply
        • Bea says

          August 14, 2020 at 8:09 am

          Hi! I haven't tried it with those so I can't really say they will have the same result. Sorry!

          Reply

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