Method
- Sift together all the dry ingredients.
- Mix applesauce,vanilla,oil,coconut,applesauce,carrot juice along with carrots and mix well.
- Now add both wet and dry ingredients together and stir in walnuts.
- In a lined muffin pan, divide the dough into the cups. This recipe makes approx 10-12 cupcakes.
- Bake for 20-25min until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Cool it in a rack.
To make Frosting :
- Add the butter and cheese together and whisk it until it is smooth.
- Add the sugar,vanilla and zest and whisk somemore.
- Now top it on the cupcakes and serve.
Courtesy: http://chefinyou.com/
Ingredients: 3/4 cups - whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup - all purpose flour
1/4 tsp - salt
1/4 tsp - all spice
1 tsp - Baking soda
1/2 tsp - cinnamon
1/2 cup - Carrot juice
1/4 cup - vegetable oil
1/4 cup - brown sugar
1/2 cup - demerara sugar ( use brown sugar instead in case of non availability )
1/2 cup - applesauce
1/2 tsp - vanilla
1 to 1/2 cup - grated carrots
1/3 cups - finely chopped walnuts
1/4 cup - dry coconut
For the Mascarpone Frosting:
1/4 cup - unsalted butter at room temperature
1/2 cup - mascarpone
1/2 cup - confectioner sugar
1/2 tsp - vanilla
1/2 tsp - lemon zest