Carrot Cupcakes with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe from
Diabetic Living
With this luscious take on an all-time favorite carrot cake recipe, you can fit this dessert into a diabetic meal plan.

Servings:
14 to 16 servings
Prep Time:
45 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 10 mins
Ingredients
-
1-1/2 cupsall-purpose floursee savings

-
2/3 cupflax seed mealsee savings

-
2 teaspoonsbaking powdersee savings

-
1 teaspoonpumpkin pie spicesee savings

-
1/2 teaspoonbaking sodasee savings

-
1/4 teaspoonsaltsee savings

-
3 cupsfinely* shredded carrot (about 6 medium)see savings

-
1 cuprefrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed, or 4 eggs, lightly beatensee savings

-
1/2 cupgranulated sugar or sugar substitute blend** equivalent to 1/2 cup granulated sugarsee savings

-
1/2 cuppacked brown sugar or brown sugar substitute blend** equivalent to 1/2 cup brown sugarsee savings

-
1/2 cupcanola oilsee savings

-
1 recipeFluffy Cream Cheese Frostingsee savings

-
Coarsely shredded carrot (optional)see savings

Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bottom of a 15x10x1-inch baking pan; line bottom of pan with waxed paper. Grease and lightly flour the waxed paper and the sides of the pan. Set aside.
2.
In a large bowl, stir together flour, flax seed meal, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In another large bowl, combine finely shredded carrot, eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and oil. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir until combined. Spoon batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly.
3.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert cake onto a wire rack. Cool completely.
4.
Transfer cake to a large cutting board. Using a 2-inch round cutter, make cutouts in the cake, leaving as little space as possible between cutouts.*** You should get 28 to 32 cutouts. For each serving, place one of the cake cutouts on a serving plate. Spread or pipe about 1 tablespoon Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting atop the cake round. Top with a second cake round and about 1 tablespoon additional frosting. If desired, garnish with coarsely shredded carrot.
Test Kitchen Tip
Be sure to finely shred the carrots to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the pan during baking.
Sugar Substitutes
Choose Splenda Sugar Blend for Baking to substitute for the granulated sugar and Splenda Brown Sugar Baking Blend to substitute for the brown sugar. Follow package directions to use product amount equivalent to 1/2 cup granulated and 1/2 cup brown sugar. PER SERVING WITH SUBSTITUTE: same as above, except 231 cal., 25 g carb., 186 mg sodium. Daily values: 3% calcium. Exchanges: 1.5 other carb. Carb choices: 1.5
Test Kitchen Tip
If desired, save cake scraps and make parfaits by layering the cake with thawed frozen light whipped dessert topping.
Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting
In a medium bowl, beat 2 ounces softened reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchatel) with an electric mixer on medium to high speed until smooth. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Gradually add 1/4 cup powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Thaw 1-1/2 cups frozen light whipped dessert topping. Fold about 1/2 cup of the topping into the cream cheese mixture to lighten. Fold in the remaining whipped topping. Makes about 1-3/4 cups.
Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 254, Total Fat 11 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Monounsaturated Fat 5 g, Polyunsaturated Fat 2 g, Cholesterol 3 mg, Sodium 188 mg, Carbohydrate 34 g, Total Sugar 19 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 5 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 3%, Calcium 4%, Iron 6%. Exchanges: Other Carbohydrate 2, Fat 2.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Add Your Review
Related Recipe
Articles
Carrots: Leftover Logic
...-by-step cook's guide.) Orange Halves Filled with Whipped Spiced Carrots (pictured at left). Cream cheese... Mex and Asian versions of the soup are also available on the recipe page. Fluffy Dilled Carrots...So you and your kids aren't making like Bugs Bunny and you have lots of leftover cooked carrots... read more...
...-by-step cook's guide.) Orange Halves Filled with Whipped Spiced Carrots (pictured at left). Cream cheese... Mex and Asian versions of the soup are also available on the recipe page. Fluffy Dilled Carrots...So you and your kids aren't making like Bugs Bunny and you have lots of leftover cooked carrots... read more...
Sweet & Healthy Carrot Cake
...Carrots with cream cheese sounds unappetizing at first. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting... salad and put them into your dessert! Classic Carrot Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting This layer... vanilla gives the classic cream cheese frosting. Gingered Carrot Cake Carrot cake, meet fruitcake... read more...
...Carrots with cream cheese sounds unappetizing at first. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting... salad and put them into your dessert! Classic Carrot Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting This layer... vanilla gives the classic cream cheese frosting. Gingered Carrot Cake Carrot cake, meet fruitcake... read more...
Chilled Carrot Soup: Dinner for $10
... soup. Like this carrot soup with light sour cream and reduced-sodium chicken broth. And a pound... of carrots, hopefully fresh from your local farmstand. This recipe just feels so healthy--in every way... to like about this chilled carrot soup: It's a make-ahead recipe that you can put together the night... read more...
... soup. Like this carrot soup with light sour cream and reduced-sodium chicken broth. And a pound... of carrots, hopefully fresh from your local farmstand. This recipe just feels so healthy--in every way... to like about this chilled carrot soup: It's a make-ahead recipe that you can put together the night... read more...
Food Blogs We Love
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dream Cakes Gourmet Cupcakes has a humble storefrontgood gravy are these cupcakes good. Moist , butters a rich pecan cake with cream cheese frosting--pictured abovecookies and tarts, cupcakes, have ogled (but read more...
Dream Cakes Gourmet Cupcakes has a humble storefrontgood gravy are these cupcakes good. Moist , butters a rich pecan cake with cream cheese frosting--pictured abovecookies and tarts, cupcakes, have ogled (but read more...

