Carrot Muffins: From the oven to the sketch pad

I love carrot cake! What I love more than carrot cake is carrot muffins! They are more easier to make and in my opinion they taste and look better! This was my first time I make those muffins, they attracted my artistic eye so bad that I had to paint them! Check the sketches at the bottom of the post.

INGREDIENTS:

• 12 muffins approximately
• 1 egg
• 150 gr sugar
• 2 Tbsp honey
• ¼  tea cup of orange juice/grapefruit works too
• ¼ tea cup oil
• ½ grated orange/grapefruit zest  
• 2 full tea cups of grated carrots
• 1 tea cup flower
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla aroma
• 1 tea cup full of grated walnuts
• ½  tsp  Cinnamon and Ginger  powder
• 2-3 Tbsp Coconut flakes 

 For the cream:  

• 1 packet (200gr) of natural cream cheese (Filadelfia or the cheeper one work fine as well) 
• 125 gr Mascarpone
• 5 Tbsp powder sugar 
• 1 tsp grated orange zest 
  

Start with mixing all the “moist” ingredients: eggs,oil , the orange/grapefruit juice. Then add the sugar and the honey. Whisk them good but without using an electric mixer . 

 

Add the carrots and the zest. Mix all the ingredients well and add the “dry” ones last: flower, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla aroma, spices, walnuts, coconut.

Set the oven to 180ºC and bake 25-30 min. Leave the muffins to cool down.

Meanwhile you can start preparing the cream. Just mix all the cream ingredients in a ball using an electric mixer. You can use whatever decoration you have and want.

 

As I said I love carrot cake so I got really inspired and tried eating and painting at the same time. The result was : lots of colors and muffin decoration everywhere :D

But it was a fun experience. Stay tuned for my next cooking-painting experience. I take also requests!

P.S Pastries only! :-)

Written by Simona from ColorfulSimone.etsy.com