Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

with cream cheese frosting

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Reviewed by Arturs Arnicans
Prep Time: 10m
Cook Time: 20m
Total Time: 30m
Temp.: 400 °F
Servings: 12
Difficulty: Easy
4.8 (9 Reviews)
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Ingredients

Adjust servings:

For cream cheese frosting:

Nutritional Information

382
calories
16g
fat
56g
carbohydrates
3g
protein
47mg
cholesterol
217mg
sodium
Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

Recipe Description

We can’t get enough of these Easy Carrot Cake Muffins! Sweetened with brown sugar and flavored with cinnamon, these muffins pack in a healthy dose of carrots. Not only do the carrots bring extra sweetness and moisture, but they also add more flavor and nutrients to the muffins. For best results, please use freshly grated carrots. Top each muffin with a homemade cream cheese frosting for a beautiful presentation. 

This muffin recipe is pretty easy to make, and you can whip it up in 30 minutes. While the oven preheats, grease and flour a muffin pan and make the batter. In a large bowl, mix the wet ingredients. In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring until just combined. Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin pan and transfer to the oven. Bake until browned and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. While the muffins cool, it’s time to make the frosting by beating the ingredients together. Pipe or spoon the frosting over the cooled muffins, and serve!

To make the Easy Carrot Cake Muffins, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

Steps to make

  1. 1

    Heat oven and prepare muffin pan

    5 min
    Step 1 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    Preheat the oven to 400 °F and grease and flour a medium-sized muffin pan.

  2. 2

    Mix wet ingredients

    2 min
    Step 2 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    In a large bowl, whisk together ½ cup vegetable oil, 2 beaten eggs, 1 cup grated carrots and ½ cup milk.

  3. 3

    Mix dry ingredients

    2 min
    Step 3 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 cup sugar, 1 ½ cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon salt.

  4. 4

    Combine wet and dry ingredients

    1 min
    Step 4 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.

  5. 5

    Fill muffin pan

    2 min
    Step 5 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan.

  6. 6

    Bake

    20 min
    Step 6 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    Bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

  7. 7

    Cool

    Step 7 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    Cool completely before frosting

  8. 8

    Prepare cream cheese frosting

    2 min
    Step 8 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    In a medium bowl, beat together ¼ cup butter and ¼ cup plus ½ tablespoon cream cheese until creamy and smooth, about 1 minute. Add in 2 ½ cups powdered sugar a little at a time. While beating, add a pinch of salt and 2 tablespoons of cream and beat for about 3 minutes until light and fluffy.

  9. 9

    Frost

    3 min
    Step 9 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    Frost each muffin with the prepared cream cheese frosting.

  10. 10

    Serve

    Step 10 - Easy Carrot Cake MuffinsStep 10 - Easy Carrot Cake Muffins

    Serve and enjoy!

These Easy Carrot Cake Muffins are easy to make, flavorful and delicious. And fast! It’s the perfect recipe to have on hand all throughout spring. Did you make this recipe? Tag @cookmerecipes on Instagram and hashtag it #cookmerecipes. We love seeing what you’ve made!

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.

Recipe Reviews

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4.8 out of 5 (9 reviews)
Tina
March 23, 2025
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Amazing! My kids devoured these muffins. I made them for family breakfast and they were a hit! The flavor is just perfect, and I love how simple the recipe is.

Tina Smith
July 20, 2024
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Superb muffins! Made them for my hubby's bday!

Hannah Smith
January 4, 2024
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Delicious!

Nicolas
December 15, 2023
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¡Delicioso! Hice estos muffins para la fiesta de cumpleaños de mi hijo y fueron un éxito. La mezcla de zanahoria y canela es perfecta, así que gracias por compartir esta receta fácil. ¡Seguro repito!

Quinn
December 10, 2023
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Muffins were lovely!

Ursula Smith
April 28, 2023
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Super easy and delicious!

Paula
April 12, 2023
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These Easy Carrot Cake Muffins are a total win! Made 'em for the kids, and they devoured them in seconds, all while gettin' their veggies in. Super easy to whip up, even in a rush. Def recommend it, folks!

Andrew
April 5, 2023
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These muffins are super easy to whip up. My kids devoured 'em right away. Perfect weekend bake!

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