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CarrotCakeCupcakes

Another treat I baked for the Bloggers Bash looked like the above pictures. Well actually the photo shows the exact cakes I made!

If you would like to make Carrot Cake Cupcakes, follow the recipe below.

Ingredients for Cake

175g light muscovado sugar
100g wholemeal self-raising flour
100g self-raising flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp mixed spice
zest of 1 orange
2 eggs
150ml sunflower oil
200g grated carrots

Ingredients for icing

100g softened butter
300g soft cheese
100g icing sugar, sifted
1tsp vanilla extract

Method for cake

preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius/160 degrees Celsius for fan/ Gas mark 4.
line a 12 hole muffin tray with cases
In a large mixing bowl, mix the flours, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice and orange zest
Whisk together the eggs and oil
Stir into the dry ingredients with the grated carrot.
Divide mixture between the cases and bake fo 20-22 minutes until a skewer poked in comes out clean
Allow to cool on a wire rack.

Method for Icing

Beat the butter until really soft
Beat in soft cheese, icing sugar and vanilla
Use a palette knife to swirl icing on top.
Sprinkle with crushed walnuts, orange sprinkles, or whatever you want!

I used this recipe times 2 to make two large cakes as Lil Man’s birthday cake too!

Cooked for a little longer, but here you are!

February for us is not just the month of love, but also the month of birthdays. No less than 5 members of our family, and close members at that, have their special birthdays in this month.

This means plenty of fun, celebrations, headache when selecting presents, and cake.

Not to be left out, the other day Sonu Singh tried some sponge. I know it is not a good thing for a cat, but he was so intrigued, a tiny nibble satisfied his curiosity!

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There were also helium balloons present, a gift from someone else, which scared the BeJesus out of him! It’s been two days and he is still spooked! He comes into the living room and looks at the spot where they were, then darts out again! We realised they were freaking him out so we had moved them into the porch where he can’t see them but he is still slightly hesitant. Silly, but sweet kitty!