Name: Carrot & Pineapple Muffins
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g plain flour 100g plain wholemeal flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp salt 175ml vegetable oil 75g caster sugar 2 eggs 125g finely grated carrots 225g tinned crushed pineapple, semi- drained 100g raisins 40g chopped pecans (optional); 175g cream cheese 75g sifted icing sugar ½ vanilla pod or a couple of drops of vanilla essence

Carrot & Pineapple Muffins

These Carrot & Pineapple Muffins will soon be one of your favourite muffin recipes! They are like miniature carrot cakes and are lovely and moist. You can make these with or without the icing.

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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Makes: 12 muffins

Great for: Family Recipes , Kids 2-4 Years , Kids 4+ Years , Family

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Ingredients

100g plain flour
100g plain wholemeal flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp salt
175ml vegetable oil
75g caster sugar
2 eggs
125g finely grated carrots
225g tinned crushed pineapple, semi- drained
100g raisins
40g chopped pecans (optional)

Cream cheese icing

175g cream cheese
75g sifted icing sugar
½ vanilla pod or a couple of drops of vanilla essence

Method

Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F and line a 12 hole muffin tray with paper cases.
Sift together the flours, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt and mix well. In a separate bowl, beat the oil, sugar and eggs until well blended. Add the grated carrots, crushed pineapple, raisins and chopped pecans (if using). Gradually add the flour mixture, just beating until the ingredients are combined.
Pour the batter into muffin trays lined with paper cases and bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes, then remove the muffins from the trays and cool on a wire rack.
To make the icing, beat the cream cheese together with the icing sugar. Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the tiny black seeds. Stir these into the icing and spread over the tops of the muffins. If you don’t have a vanilla pod, you can add a few drops of vanilla extract instead.