Delicious and quick to make Carrot Cake Cupcakes that are the perfect weekend free-from baking treat.
You’re going to absolutely LOVE these! They are:
- Fluffy
- Ready in 20 minutes
- Perfectly sweet
- Family friendly
- Free From Gluten, dairy, egg & refined sugar
The best part is they’re so simple to make using these 6 ingredients that you can get from most supermarkets.
With an added bonus of actually getting in 1 veg of your 10 a day.
This is such a simple dairy free and egg free batter that you can make in minutes.
It’s also very versatile with what you can add to it. I think raisins, nuts or berries would also work really well.
If you have kids then make sure to get them involved or even get them to make them for you. They will absolutely love making these!
They’re even a great looking halloween style recipe to bake as treats.
When it comes to baking gluten free & vegan it can be tough to get cupcakes or cakes to both rise and maintain a fluffy texture. Often they can be either very dense or flat.
As you can see these Cupcakes rise really well and they maintain their shape and fluffiness inside.
If you try these Carrot Cake Cupcakes let me know!
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Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 200 g gluten free self raising flour (I use doves farm)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 6 tbsp maple syrup
- 4 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 130 ml unsweetened plant-milk (I use almond)
- 2 small carrots grated
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 180C
- In a large mixing bowl add all the ingredients in the order above and mix into a smooth batter
- Spoon the mix into cupcake liners and place into the oven for 15-18 mins at 180C
- Once out the oven allow to cool for 15-20 minutes. This helps to the cupcake to come out of the liner
Notes
Fancy making doughnuts instead? Try my 5 ingredient Gluten Free & Vegan Doughnuts that uses a very similar method to these cupcakes!
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12 comments
Hi- we don’t have self raising GF flour where I live and so I’ve been passing on a few of your recipes. Any ideas on how to make my own or what to add? I have GF flour.
Hi Candace,
A few have tried the recipes with gluten free flour and baking powder which has worked with the doughnuts. With cupcakes it might not rise as much but still should work.
Give it a try and let me know how it goes.
James
Could I use butter instead of coconut oil (nut free).
Thanks
Hey Melissa, butter should work although I haven’t tried it personally. Let me know how you get on 🙂
These were really nice! I made them for my cookery project at school!
Yay, so pleased you enjoyed them Henriette!! Thank you for sharing your feedback 🙂
Make these. The cakes were delicious but very well adhered to the cupcake liner. I had to scrape it off with my teeth. Any suggestions?
Hey James, so pleased you enjoyed the recipe! If that happens I would suggest either lightly greasing the paper with coconut oil or use silicone cupcake moulds 🙂 Hope that helps for next time.
James
Hey, is it possible to sub a more natural flour like almond or tapioca or coconut? What quantities if so? Thanks!
Hey Sinead, those types of flour won’t rise very well hence why I use this self-raising flour. You could swap for almond and just add baking powder but they will still be more dense.
These taste so good!
Thank you Jacqueline, so pleased you enjoyed them!