Healthy Carrot Cake Muffins

5 from 7 votes

Healthy Carrot Cake Muffins

These healthy carrot cake muffins are just what you need when you're craving a treat that’s sweet, moist, and guilt-free! Packed with natural ingredients like fresh carrots, apple, warm spices, and a touch of honey, they’re wholesome and delicious. They're easy to make, and you won't even miss the extra fat—we promise!

Prep Time20

Cook Time23

Servings: muffins

Author: Bea & Marco

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

1½ cup (195 g) whole-grain spelt flour
1½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
¼ teaspoon nutmeg powder
¼ teaspoon salt

Wet Ingredients

⅓ cup (80 g) buttermilk , room temperature
2 large eggs , room temperature
⅓ cup (50 g) melted coconut oil
⅓ cup (100 g) honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (110 g) grated carrot
½ cup (80 g) grated apple
⅓ cup (40 g) walnuts , chopped

Cream Cheese Frosting

8 oz (220 g) cream cheese , room temperature
2 tablespoon (20 g) honey

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF(175ºC) without the fan. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with muffin papers.

Dry Ingredients

In a bowl, add spelt flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg powder. Mix well with a spoon and set aside.

Wet Ingredients

In another bowl, add buttermilk, eggs, coconut oil, honey, and vanilla extract. Whisk with a hand whisk until everything is well combined.
Pour in the dry ingredients mixture and mix well without overdoing it. This will avoid getting tough muffins. Add grated carrot, apple, and walnuts. Mix well with a spatula.
Using an ice cream scoop, divide the batter evenly into a 12-hole muffin pan lined with muffin papers.

Bake

Bake in the oven at the lower ⅔ rack for 23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the muffins completely on a cooling rack.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Add cream cheese and honey to a bowl. Mix well using a spatula. Spoon some frosting on the muffins, followed by some chopped walnuts. Enjoy!

Notes

Use the spoon and level method. This will prevent using more flour than the recipe calls so that the muffins won't become dense.
Room temperature ingredients. This will ensure they mix better and the muffins are baked beautifully.
Don't let the batter sit. We don't want the carrot and apple to start releasing liquid into the batter, which will affect the muffins' consistency, texture, and baking time.
Don't overbake the muffins. We always use a portable oven thermometer whenever we bake to get an accurate temperature. Overbaking the muffins will make them dry and tough.

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