Ann's Chocolate Chip Carrot Cake Pumpkins
Moist and delicious carrot cupcakes with pineapple and chocolate chips get frosted with orange buttercream and decorated like jack-o'-lanterns. This recipe was made in a Panasonic CIO and appears on an episode of the Dinner Spinner TV Show on The CW!
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- Serves: 12 persons
Ingredients
- 2cups cake flour
- 2teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 1teaspoon salt
- 2cups white sugar
- 1½ cups vegetable oil
- 4eggs
- 2cups grated carrots
- 1(8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1tablespoon cake flour
- ½cup chopped walnuts
- ½cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½cup butter
- 1(8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
- 1tablespoon lemon juice
- 3drops orange food coloring
- 1(1.5 ounce) tube black decorating gel
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). (If using a countertop induction oven, preheat to 325 degrees F.) Grease 12 pumpkin-shaped cupcake molds (silicon molds work well).Step 2
Sift 2 cups cake flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Mix in sugar, oil, and eggs until combined. Stir carrots and pineapple into the batter.Step 3
Place 1 tablespoon cake flour in a bowl. Toss walnuts and chocolate chips in flour until coated; fold into batter.Step 4
Pour batter into cupcake molds to about two-thirds full; gently tap molds onto work surface to remove air bubbles.Step 5
Bake in preheated oven (or countertop induction oven) until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes (or 15 to 20 minutes in the countertop induction oven). Cool to room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes; remove from molds.Step 6
Combine butter, cream cheese, and vanilla extract in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well blended, 4 to 6 minutes. Mix in confectioners' sugar on low speed, 1/2 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Add lemon juice and orange food coloring; stir until combined. Refrigerate until set, 15 to 20 minutes.Step 7
Frost cupcakes with the cream cheese frosting; decorate with black decorating gel.