{"id":8812,"date":"2022-04-06T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfb-wordpress-ae-prod.azurewebsites.net\/explore\/uncategorized\/easter-decorated-carrot-cake-muffins\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:30:25","slug":"easter-decorated-carrot-cake-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/2022\/04\/06\/easter-decorated-carrot-cake-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Decorated Carrot Cake Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These delicious Carrot Muffins make the perfect Easter weekend baking! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve used our Sweet Muffin Mix (available in the Kitchen<\/a>) and given it an Easter twist by adding carrot and a yummy, silky cream cheese icing. We’ve gone a little bit extra too and made the cutest bunny bottoms out of frosting to top them with. Check out our tips below to re-create these at home for fun Easter holiday baking.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Easter Carrot Cake Muffins<\/h2>\n \n <\/div>\n \n
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Servings <\/span>12<\/span><\/div>\n
Ready in <\/span>1 hour<\/span><\/span> hr<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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Equipment<\/h3>
  • 1 12-cup muffin tray<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n

    Ingredients<\/h3>
    • 1<\/span> pack<\/span> snacking carrots<\/span><\/li>
    • 2<\/span> eggs<\/span><\/li>
    • 1\u00bd<\/span> cups<\/span> milk<\/span><\/li>
    • \u00bd<\/span> cup<\/span> oil<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> pack<\/span> sweet muffin mix<\/span> (available in our Kitchen)<\/span><\/li>
    • 125<\/span> g<\/span> butter<\/span> room temperature<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> pack<\/span> cream cheese<\/span><\/li>
    • 2<\/span> cups<\/span> icing sugar<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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      Instructions<\/h3>
      • Before you start<\/span>
        <\/div>Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C. Line a 12-cup muffin tray with muffin liners.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
      • Prep mixture<\/span>
        <\/div>Grate carrots until you have 1 1\/2 cups worth. Place in a large bowl with egg, milk and oil and stir to combine. Add muffin mix and gently fold together.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
      • Bake cupcakes<\/span>
        <\/div>Divide batter between muffin cups and bake for 25 minutes, until a knife inserted comes out clean. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before icing or the icing will just melt off.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
      • Make icing<\/span>
        <\/div>Place butter and cream cheese in a large bowl and use electric beaters to beat for about 5 minutes, until pale and smooth. Add icing sugar and beat another 2 minutes until smooth and combined. Set aside in the fridge.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
      • Decorate<\/span>
        <\/div>Ice your cupcakes however you like! We made some cute bunny bottoms out of fondant (see tips below), but you could also use sprinkles or speckled eggs!<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n
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        How to make the fondant bunny bottoms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        To create the cute bunny bottoms, you’ll need to purchase pink and white fondant icing extra. This should be available at most large supermarkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Start by making the bottoms.<\/strong> Pull off a chunk of white fondant (about half the size of a golf ball) and roll between the palm of your hands until round and smooth. Make 12 of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Next, make the tails.<\/strong> Use the same process as above, but with a much smaller amount – about the size of a pea. Make 12. Add these onto the top of bunny bottoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        For the feet<\/strong>, pinch off a small amount of white fondant and roll it into a ball, then press it down with your thumb to flatten, creating an oval shape. Make 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Then using the pink fondant, make the pads of the bunny feet:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        For the sole of the foot, roll out a pea size strip of fondant, then cut into 24 pieces, lightly roll into a circle, then flatten slightly. Press this into the foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The for the toe pads, roll out some fondant to a thin strip, slightly smaller than the size of a straw, then cut this into 72 pieces. Roll into a circle, then press 3 onto each foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To complete your Easter masterpieces, add the bunny bottoms and tails to the iced cupcake, then add 2 feet onto each one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        These delicious Carrot Muffins make the perfect Easter weekend baking! We’ve used our Sweet Muffin Mix (available in the Kitchen) and given it an Easter twist by adding carrot and a yummy, silky cream cheese icing. We’ve gone a little bit extra too and made the cutest bunny bottoms out of frosting to top them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":14346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2375,2374],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-myfoodbag","category-recipes","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16088,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8812\/revisions\/16088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}