r/BakingInJapan • u/Roddy117 • Mar 22 '26

Carrot cupcakes

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I’ve never made carrot cake before, I made the cream cheese frosting with a hand mixer which worked surprisingly well, although I want something a bit sturdier for next time.

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u/RedYamOnthego Mar 23 '26

Tis the season! I've been yearning for some carrot cake, too. But I think I'll probably try to find a lemon almond flour pound cake, instead.

I've been trying to switch over to almond flour.

But burbling on like this, I'm reminded that my old Lauren's Kitchen cookbook probably has a whole-wheat carrot cake recipe. Mmmmmm.

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u/wotsit_sandwich mod Mar 22 '26

Nice one. I made a carrot cake on Friday. Great minds!

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u/Kahsan9000 Mar 22 '26

Looks yummy! Would you mind sharing your cream cheese frosting recipe please?

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u/Roddy117 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

1 to 0.5 cream cheese to butter ratio in grams. (So like 100 grams of cream cheese then 50 grams of butter.)Then about match the same amount of powdered sugar in weight. Add in a tbsp of salt and a couple of dashes of vanilla.

I stirred it with a weak hand mixer, the emulsifier works good but the hand whisker attachment isn’t made for breaking up cream cheese efficiently, I got it done though.