Carrot Cake is one of my favorite desserts all year round. In fact, I don’t think there is ever a bad time for Carrot Cake so when I found an easy way to take the flavor I love and make it into a breakfast that’s quick, easy and delicious, I knew I had struck gold! With Easter coming up in just a few short days, I felt like I just HAD to share this can’t miss recipe that’s perfect for Easter morning or any morning really! Here’s how to make Easy Carrot Cake Muffins.
What You Will Need
2 Cups of Flour
3/4 Cups of Sugar
2 Teaspoons of Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon of Salt
1 Teaspoon of Ground Cinnamon
1/2 Cup of Vegetable Oil
3 Eggs
3 Teaspoons of Vanilla Extract
3 Cups of Grated Carrots
1/2 Cup of Raisins
1 and 1/2 Cups of Chopped Pecans (Divided in Half)
How to Make It
These Easy Carrot Cake Muffins that are perfect for Easter are simpler to whip up than you might think! To start, I preheated my oven to 350 degrees and lined my muffin tin with paper cups. Next, in a large bowl I mixed my flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. After setting my dry ingredients aside, I combined my oil, eggs and vanilla with a fork in a smaller bowl. After adding my wet ingredients to my dry ingredients, I stirred them all together until they were moistened. Once I had my batter mixed, I folded in my carrots, raising and 3/4 cups of my chopped pecans. I stirred just long enough to incorporate all the ingredients and then divided my batter evenly between my 12 muffin cups. After sprinkling the top of each muffin with the remaining 3/4 cup of my chopped pecans (about 1 tablespoon for each muffin), I baked my Easy Carrot Cake Muffins for 22 to 25 minute, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Then I simple removed them from the oven, transferred them to a cooling rack and allowed them to cool complete (OK, almost completely because I couldn’t wait to taste them!). The results of my efforts were absolutely drool-worthy Easy Carrot Cake Muffins! Feast your eyes on these beauties!
Now, get to baking and whip up a pan of these Easy Carrot Cake Muffins to make your mornings delicious!
YOU SAID EASY so I am 1000% there!! These look AMAZING and I am pretty sure your kitchen smelled AMAZING AS WELL when they were baking! How one could limit themselves to just one is shocking to me! LOL!
I love carrot cake muffins and carrot cake foods in general. So yummy. These look great. I feel like baking today actually. This might be the thing.
Any food recipe that is “easy” I’m automatically interested in! When you also throw in the words “carrot” and “cake”, that’s all I need! I love this recipe. Perfect for brunch or as a desert.
These look super tasty and perfect for the holiday weekend. I bet my husband would like them.
This looks so good. I have to learn to make muffins better…then end up way too crumbly. I’ve been told I need more substance in it and it will hold hits form more.
Oh my goodness! This looks so delicious! I love carrot cake. Haven’t had it in years.
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Those look like gourmet muffins! I love the combination of nuts, fruit and veggies! If they are as easy as you say I can’t wait to try them!
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My mom’s favorite is carrot cake so these will be a great surprise for her. They look easy to make and will be a great addition to Easter breakfast to go with the theme.
Ok you had me at carrot cake and easy I most definitely need to give them a try and I have to admit I LOVE a good muffin.
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I love a good carrot cake. I have never tried making it from scratch though. This would be a nice mix up from the traditional breakfast muffins we have.
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Yumm! I could eat these carrot cake muffins everyday! This looks delicious! I gotta try make some soon!
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Oh, yum!!! I could eat these carrot cake muffins everyday! This looks delicious! I gotta try make some soon!
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These look and sound so delicious. Carrot cake always takes me back to my childhood. It was something my Nana made all the time.
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These all look really good. I love a good carrot cake and muffins, so this is the perfect combo for me!
I love carrot cake - I think it should be considered a vegetable! But seriously, these look amazing. I like the pecans on top … much healthier than cream cheese frosting!
Carrot cake is my favorite! My wedding cake was even carrot cake. I definitely need these muffins in my life.
I love that these are muffins and not cupcakes. I think they won’t be too sweet this way. I definitely want to try this recipe. Sounds delicious!
I am a huge, huge fan of carrot cake. I am going to have to give these a try. They sound delicious.
What I like about this recipe is this sounds really easy to make. Thank you for sharing and I am now craving for this!