Mini Carrot Cakes
- 5 3/8 tablespoons coconut oil
- 5 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3/4 cup self rising flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon sichuan pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 3/16 cups carrots coarsely grated
- 3 7/8 tablespoons walnuts or hazelnuts, chopped
- 4 1/4 tablespoons raisins
- 1 3/8 tablespoons softened butter
- 4 1/8 tablespoons cream cheese
- 7/8 cup icing sugar
- 1 9/16 tablespoons vanilla Madagascar
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Cake Preparation:
- Butter 8 small cake pans.
- Whisk the coconut oil, sugar, and egg in a small bowl until the mixture is thick and pale.
- Add the maple syrup.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and nutmeg together.
- Transfer maple mixture to larger bowl and add the grated carrots, walnuts, raisins, and mix well.
- Mix in the sifted dry ingredients.
- Pour the mixture into the molds and bake for about 20 minutes.
- Let stand for 5 minutes before removing from molds and placing on cooling rack.
- Prepare the icing by whisking the butter and cream cheese until the mixture is smooth.
- Continue whisking, add the icing sugar and vanilla.
- Ice the cool cakes using a pastry bag or directly using a small spatula.
coconut oil, brown sugar, egg, maple syrup, flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, sichuan pepper, nutmeg, carrots, walnuts, raisins, butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla madagascar
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Mini-Carrot-Cakes-767657 (may not work)