{"id":1290,"date":"2011-04-13T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/2011\/04\/13\/bunny-carrot-cupcakes-with-cream-cheese-icing\/"},"modified":"2011-04-13T19:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T23:08:00","slug":"bunny-carrot-cupcakes-with-cream-cheese-icing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/blog\/2011\/04\/bunny-carrot-cupcakes-with-cream-cheese-icing.html","title":{"rendered":"Bunny Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carrot Cupcakes all dressed for Easter!<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a great recipe for moist, delicious, carrot cupcakes, so give this recipe a try even if you’re not interested in bunnies. They taste great with or without the wonderful cream cheese icing, but they sure are cute when made into Bunny Cupcakes<\/i>. Enjoy!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Carrot Cupcakes<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n <\/tr>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1 cup<\/td>\nAll purpose flour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 cup<\/td>\nSugar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 teaspoon<\/td>\nBaking powder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00bd teaspoon<\/td>\nCinnamon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00bc teaspoon<\/td>\nSalt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00bc teaspoon<\/td>\nBaking soda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1\u00bd cups<\/td>\nFinely grated carrot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2153 cup<\/td>\nVegetable oil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00bc cup<\/td>\nYogurt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00bd teaspoon<\/td>\nVanilla extract<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00bd teaspoon<\/td>\nAlmond extract (optional)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 large <\/td>\nEggs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

1. Line 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners.
2. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
3. In another bowl, combine carrot, oil, yogurt, extracts and eggs.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix until just blended.
5. Fill cupcake liners to about \u00be full.
6. Bake for about 20 minutes at 375\u00baF or until firm and baked through. Toothpick should come out clean when inserted into the center.<\/p>\n

Cream Cheese Frosting<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
4 ounces<\/td>\nCream cheese, softened<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 tablespoons<\/td>\nButter, softened<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 teaspoon<\/td>\nVanilla extract<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 cups<\/td>\nPowdered sugar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
as needed<\/td>\nWater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

1. In a mixer bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth and light. Add vanilla and mix some more.
2. Add sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy. Add a little water if necessary.
3. Spread on carrot cupcakes.<\/p>\n

For Decoration<\/b>
Coconut-Put on the of the icing
Jelly beans-cut in half for the nose and eyes or left whole for teeth
Chocolate chips-for the eyes
Marshmallows-Cut in half, squeeze into ear shape and press the cut side in
Pink sugar
Green coconut- makes a nice grassy place to put your bunnies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carrot Cupcakes all dressed for Easter! This is a great recipe for moist, delicious, carrot cupcakes, so give this recipe a try even if you’re not interested in bunnies. They taste great with or without the wonderful cream cheese icing, but they sure are cute when made into Bunny Cupcakes. Enjoy! Carrot Cupcakes 1 cup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-carrot-easter-carrots-yogurt-bunny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanscookingschool.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}