Simply Made Sunday-In the Kitchen With Mom

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you will find some great recipes and share some of your own too in this week's Simply Made Sunday~In the Kitchen With Mom.

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Now, for our Simply Made Sunday recipe this week I am sharing Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. I served these as part of our Muffin Tin Monday meal based on Eric Carle's book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (you can see that *here*). This recipe is found in one of my all time favorite cookbooks, One Pot Cakes, that I mentioned and reviewed *here*. This was my first time making this recipe as cupcakes and not a cake, and it was just as moist and yummy as the cake version. Notice the attire my helper's chose for this baking experience. I promise I did not ask them to wear this!! I went to the grocery store leaving instructions for Hanna to grate the carrots. When I got home they were both in the kitchen with big grins all decked out ready to bake:-).

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 c. vegetable oil
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 4 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 c. plain flour
• 5 c. grated carrots

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line muffin tins with paper liners, or spray metal tins or silicone muffin cups with Pam.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until yolks are broken.
3. Stir in sugar.
4. Add oil. Continue to stir until oil, eggs and sugar are completely blended together.
5. Stir in vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
6. Add flour and baking soda, and mix well.
7. Stir in carrots until just blended.
8. Pour into muffin tins/cups and bake about 15-20 minutes. Until set well. *Makes about 24 cupcakes.*

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1/2 c. butter, softened
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 4 c. powdered sugar (1 regular sized box)
• 2 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients above with electric mixer until blended very well and frost cooled cupcakes.

OK--It's your turn to share now. I can't wait to see what you all link up today! I hope you've had lots of fun creating in your kitchen this week. If you haven't yet, what are you waiting for:-)?! You can link up all week long, so it's not too late!