i’ve been receiving a monthly “food box” ($30 for 30lbs worth of an assortment of fruit and veggies; very economical and a great selection per box!) and the last few months, we’ve received huge bags of carrots.  so far, they’ve just been sitting around (other than the carrot cookies i made a little while ago, which were delicious!) and not wanting them to go bad, i figured i may as well make something with them.

so i made carrot cake cupcakes based on the recipe above!  i don’t have exact measurements since i tend to eyeball a lot of what i bake but here is the list of ingredients and you’ll see just how easy they are to make:

mashed carrots*
flour
sugar
melted butter (i used earth balance)
warm water
a little baking powder
spices: allspice, nutmeg, & cinnamon
*i use my vitamix to mash up the carrots so they’re a relatively fine

mix everything in a bowl and then scoop out into cupcake molds.  bake at 390F for about 15 mins (or until toothpick comes out clean).

j made the icing sugar (i think he used some philly cream cheese and butter mixed together, with a little sugar?) and for fun, we mixed in some blue food colouring.

makes about 27 small “cupcakes”.

enjoy!