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How To Make Cream Cheese Filled Carrot Cake Muffins
These carrot cake muffins are moist and spiced carrot muffins that are filled with a luscious cream cheese filling and a crisp, caramelized, and sugary top.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupsall-purpose flour
- 1tspbaking powder
- ½tspbaking soda
- 1½tspcinnamon
- ½tspsalt
- ¼tspnutmeg
- 1cupgranulated sugar
- ½cupbuttermilk
- ¼cupvegetable oil
- ¼cupapplesauce
- 2largeeggs
- 1tspvanilla extract
- 1cupcarrots,lightly packed, finely grated
- 2tbspRaw Turbinado Sugar,or Sanding Sugar, divided
For Cream Cheese Filling:
- 8ozcream cheese,softened
- ⅓cupgranulated sugar
- 1tsplemon juice
- ½tspvanilla extract
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners. In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, whip together cream cheese, ⅓ cup granulated sugar, lemon juice and ½ tsp vanilla on low speed until mixture is smooth, set aside.
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg, set aside. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer on low speed, blend together 1 cup granulated sugar, buttermilk, vegetable oil, applesauce, eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla for 30 seconds. Add in dry ingredients and mix just until combine. Using a rubber spatula, fold in grated carrots.
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Fill paper lined muffin cups with a ⅛ cup muffin mixture. Gently drop 1 tablespoon of cream cheese mixture on top, in the center of each filled muffin cup, then cover the cream cheese mixture with an additional ⅛ cup muffin mixture. Sprinkle each muffin evenly with ½ tsp Raw Sugar. Bake 20 to 23 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
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If necessary, run a knife around the edges of the cupcakes to remove from the pan. Enjoy warm for a slightly runnier cream cheese filling or allow to cool 30 to 40 minutes for a set cream cheese filling. Store muffins in an airtight container.
Nutrition
- Calories: 301.27kcal
- Fat: 12.28g
- Saturated Fat: 4.32g
- Trans Fat: 0.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.34g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.33g
- Carbohydrates: 43.55g
- Fiber: 1.09g
- Sugar: 26.49g
- Protein: 4.78g
- Cholesterol: 52.20mg
- Sodium: 242.81mg
- Calcium: 73.87mg
- Potassium: 115.44mg
- Iron: 1.32mg
- Vitamin A: 168.93µg
- Vitamin C: 1.96mg
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