Carrot-Topped Cupcakes Recipe

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A handy spice cake mix gets a tasty treatment when dressed up with shredded carrots and chopped walnuts. The mini carrot cakes are eye-catching, too, when decorated with cream cheese frosting carrots and parsley sprigs for the green tops. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Carrot-Topped Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min.

Yield: 24 Servings

25 20 45

Ingredients

1 package spice cake mix (regular size)
1-1/2 cups shredded carrots
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 can (16 ounces) cream cheese frosting
Orange paste food coloring
Fresh parsley sprigs

Directions

Prepare cake batter according to package directions. Fold in carrots, walnuts and cinnamon.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full. Bake at 350° for 18-23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Frost cupcakes with 1-1/4 cups frosting. Place remaining frosting in a small resealable bag; tint with orange food coloring. Cut a small hole in the corner of bag; pipe a carrot on the top of each cupcake. Add a parsley sprig for greens. Yield: 2 dozen.

Originally published as Carrot-Topped Cupcakes in Quick Cooking March/April 2001, p13