Barefoot Contessa's Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe - Food.com (2024)

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"From Barefoot Contessa Parties! The cake is very moist and the icing is delicious!"

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Ready In:
1hr 15mins

Ingredients:
15
Yields:

22 cupcakes

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ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 1⁄3 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 3 extra-large eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 3 cups grated carrots (less than 1 pound)
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

  • For the frosting

  • 3⁄4 lb cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1⁄2 lb unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 lb confectioners' sugar

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directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F
  • Beat the sugar, oil, and vanilla together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
  • Add the eggs, 1 at a time.
  • In another bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
  • With the mixer on low speed, add 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
  • Add the grated carrots, raisins, and walnuts to the remaining flour, mix well, and add to the batter.
  • Mix until just combined.
  • Line muffin pans with paper liners.
  • Scoop the batter into 22 muffin cups until each is 3/4 full.
  • Bake at 400°F for 10 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 350°F and cook for a further 35 minutes (**see note at bottom), until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Cool on a rack.

  • Frosting:

  • Cream the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
  • Add the sugar and beat until smooth.
  • When the cupcakes are cool, frost them generously and serve.
  • **I don't need to cook these for the entire additional 35 minutes. After I lower the temperature to 350°F; I start checking the muffins at around 15 minutes. Just keep watching them until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Questions & Replies

Barefoot Contessa's Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe - Food.com (13)

  1. Need gluten free

    tedwilliams24

  3. Should the oven be preheated to 350 or 400? Recipe states to bake at 400 for 10 minutes then 350.

    bobnnlinda

  4. Hi there! I'm a little but confused about what you mean by "extra large eggs" as there's only one size of eggs sold in Singapore and we don't buy by sizes

    kameela r.

  5. Can I cut down on the sugar with out if effecting the recipe?

    Linda P.

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Reviews

  1. Delicious!! Finely chopped the walnuts and it added a nice crunch. Did not use raisins. I only made half the frosting, and it made me about 30 small cupcakes. I left 6 without frosting and they were also delicious - great breakfast food!

    elflngchld

  2. These cupcakes were a big hit ! After sharing , I got a request to bake them for a cancer research fund raiser. I'm flattered and happy to do so. I loved visiting the barefoot contesa when I had business in East Hampton. Thank you for sharing your recipes !

    Donna P.

  3. Gotta love my girl Ina! I also cooked the cupcakes at 400 for 10 minutes and then 15 minutes at 350. I took the other reviewers advise and cut the frosting in half and there was just enough. I did use low fat cream cheese and couldn't tell the difference. Very moist and delicious. Thanks for the recipe.

    Irish Rose

  4. I have made these many times and I love them. I also only cook them for 10 mintues at 400 then for 10-15 minutes at 350. I start checking them with a toothpick and take them out as soon as the toothpick comes clean. There is more batter than for 24 cucpcakes. The frosting makes a ton. I usually have almost half left over.

    LoveGoodFood

  5. These turned out wonderfully! Everyone loved them! The shortened cooking time was correct and nothing burned. I had about double the amount of icing that I needed. I will cut that in half the next time that I make these.

    pam729

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Tweaks

  1. I made these for a friends birtday and were amazing! To cut some fat I used low-fat cream cheese and substituted applesauce for some of the oil. Perfect.

    jjkbus

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