From BBC Food<\/p>\n
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Decorate Dan Lepard’s rich carrot cupcakes with mini-chocolate Easter eggs at Easter time, or top with sugar-paste carrots for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n
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275g\/9\u00beoz caster sugar![](\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/Recipes\/carrot_spelt_cupcakes_72408_16x9.jpg\")
\n200ml\/7fl oz sunflower oil
\n4 medium free-range eggs
\n300g grated carrot, a little more or less is fine
\nup to 150g\/5\u00bdoz nuts or dried fruit (optional)
\n225g\/8oz spelt or wholemeal flour
\n2 tsp baking powder
\n1 tsp ground cinnamon
\n1 tsp mixed spice
\n1 tbsp cocoa powder<\/p>\n
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125g\/4\u00bdoz unsalted butter, softened
\n125g\/4\u00bdoz full-fat cream cheese
\n275g\/9\u00beoz icing sugar
\nedible decorations (such as sugar-paste carrots or mini-chocolate Easter eggs), to finish<\/p>\n
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Preheat the oven to 180C\/350F\/Gas 4 and line the pockets of a muffin tray with muffin cases.<\/p>\n
Beat the sugar, oil and eggs in mixing bowl until smooth, then stir in the grated carrot and, if you like, up to 150g\/5\u00bdoz chopped nuts, dried fruit, or a mixture of both.<\/p>\n
In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, spices and cocoa so that they’re evenly mixed, then tip this into the carrot mixture and stir well.<\/p>\n
Fill the muffin papers to about two-thirds full, then bake for about 25 minutes, or until a skewer poked in comes out almost clean.<\/p>\n
For the frosting, make sure the butter is soft, then, using a whisk or electric mixer, beat it with the cream cheese in a bowl until smooth and light.<\/p>\n
Stir in the icing sugar with a spoon until it begins to come together, then whisk again briefly until light and smooth. Pipe or spoon blobs of the frosting on each cold cupcake. Decorate with sugar-paste carrots or, say for Easter, with mini chocolate Easter eggs.<\/p>\n
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By Dan Lepard<\/p>\n
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