Gluten Free Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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If you love carrot cake, you are going to love this recipe for gluten free carrot cake cupcakes! These cupcakes have a homemade cream cheese frosting that is as good as your grandma's!

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Click for Table of Contents:

• How to shred carrots for baking:
• Substitutions:
• Instructions:
• How long do you bake cupcakes?
• How to make cream cheese frosting
• Can you make this dairy-free?
• Tools:
• 📋 Recipe

This post originally was posted on my Grandma's Gluten Free Recipes blog. I didn't realize how time-consuming two blogs would be, and I finally merged my two blogs together.

One of my favorite recipes I converted to gluten free is my Grandma's homemade carrot cake cupcakes. I remember her carrot cake cupcakes were made from scratch, and they were so moist and delicious! I knew I had to recreate her recipe for you all!

Carrot cake cupcakes are a type of cupcake that you can make all year long. Carrots are always available, and they add some healthy stuff into your dessert without tasting healthy.

These cupcakes have a thick and creamy cream cheese frosting that tastes so good on these carrot cupcakes!! I ate two and will have to run an extra mile or two to lessen my guilt! :-).

Here are a couple of my favorite cupcake recipes on Fearless Dining for you to also try: Gluten Free Lemon Cupcakes with a Lemonade Drizzle and these Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes.

Don't you wish you could take a bite out of this gluten free carrot cupcake?

If you love carrot cake, this delicious Gluten Free Carrot Cake Roll makes an incredible birthday cake! This cake is more light and fluffy and cake-like, where these cupcakes are a lot more nutrient-dense.

The hero of this recipe is the big bunch of organic carrots I found at our farmer's market this week. I love it when they have those big plumes of carrot greens on top. Their freshness really shows through in this recipe.

This recipe is pretty healthy, well, if you don't count the cream cheese frosting. You can easily make them healthier if you like. We have made this recipe for years and I have adapted these for many different occasions.

How to shred carrots for baking:

My favorite way to shred carrots for baking is in my food processor. This is quick and easy. You can also use a grater.

Once you have the shredded carrots, I use a paper towel and squeeze the carrot shreds to get the extra moisture out. This will help prevent soggy cupcakes.

As you can see, this cupcake is super moist. (I added chia seeds!) I also grated my carrot pretty thickly. I wasn't trying to hide veggies from my kids, so I just used the larger-sized grater section.

Substitutions:

• Add 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed meal.
• Add 1-2 tablespoons of chia seeds. (*Note this will make your cupcakes a bit more dense as these make the cupcakes hold more moisture.)
• Add more almond flour (1 cup gluten free flour blend to 1 cup almond flour). You may need to reduce the liquids to 2/3 cup almond milk and 1/4 cup coconut oil.
• Add nuts like walnuts or pecans.

You can also add different seasonings to this recipe. I have made this gluten free carrot cake cupcake recipe with added cardamom. (I omitted the nutmeg and allspice when I added cardamom.)

If you love coconut that tops this cupcake, you will want to also try my Gluten Free Coconut Cupcakes recipe!

Instructions:

Add all of your dry ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk to blend. Add in your wet ingredients and shredded carrots. Mix well.

After mixing the ingredients, you will have a semi-thick gluten free carrot cake batter, like in the picture.

You can also use this recipe to make a sheet cake, layer cake, or a gluten free carrot roll cake.

How long do you bake cupcakes?

Place paper liners into a muffin tin and fill each cup with the cupcake batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes until done. Remove the cupcakes to a cooling rack.

How to make cream cheese frosting

Make the frosting by adding the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and butter to a mixer. Mix until the frosting is fluffy. Add it to a pastry bag and squeeze the frosting onto each cupcake. Sprinkle with unsweetened shredded coconut and enjoy!

Can you make this dairy-free?

You can definitely make this gluten free cupcake recipe dairy-free. You can use a dairy-free cream cheese like Daiya or Kite Hill to make the frosting.

More delicious cupcake recipes to try:

• Filled cupcakes like this Gluten Free Lemon Curd Filled Cupcakes recipe is all the rage!
• Intense mocha flavors in these Gluten Free Mocha Cupcakes with Mocha Buttercream make them hard to resist!
• These Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes make the best birthday cupcakes!
• If you love pumpkin, these Gluten Free Pumpkin Cupcakes can be enjoyed all year round!

Tools:

1. A good gluten free flour blend. If your blend doesn't contain xanthan gum, don't forget to add a teaspoon!
2. A great muffin tin.

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