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Our adorable, moist and fluffy Easter Carrot Cake Cupcakes are so fun and festive! Cupcakes topped with a super luscious traditional tangy cream cheese frosting or a smooth milk chocolate cream cheese frosting, you choose! Easy to decorate ideas!

Carrot Cake Cupcakes are a must for Springtime baking! You’ll also want to give this Carrot Cake Poke Cake and these Carrot Cake Truffles a try!

Enjoy Easter Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Your Family

These Easter Carrot Cake Cupcakes combine the best of both worlds: a moist and flavorful traditional carrot cake, but in cupcake form. With a hint of cinnamon and full of freshly grated carrot, these cupcakes are a delicious way to celebrate spring. The cream cheese frosting makes these irresistible!

Perfect little treat for all the spring things, like Easter brunch, Mother’s Day, Baby showers, Weddings, and the list goes on doesn’t it? Yasss!

Why We Love These Easter Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Everyone loves carrot cake! A great reason to make and share these individual cupcakes when it comes to celebrating and party fun!
You will love the flavor and texture these cupcakes have in each bite you take with the luscious cream cheese frosting on top! Traditional Cream cheese frosting is a must, but we love the chocolate cream cheese too!
You can make these cupcakes homemade or to save time; use a simple shortcut using a carrot cake mix, and the same goes with the frosting.
The homemade frosting is so easy to whip up in a few minutes and much better than store-bought cream cheese frostings. You can definitely tell the difference!
Easy to decorate with simple colored frostings to make carrots on top or add eggs, sprinkles, candy bunnies or whatever you want on top! Make them your way and let the kids help to make it fun family project!
Spring, Easter, it doesn’t matter, these cupcakes will always be a favorite!

Ingredients You Need

This recipe makes 24 cupcakes, halve recipe for 12 cupcakes.

Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe

all-purpose flour – make sure to measure flour correctly
baking soda
baking powder
ground cinnamon
salt
eggs
granulated sugar
brown sugar, packed
vegetable oil – canola can also be used
Greek yogurt, or sour cream – adds moisture to cupcakes
vanilla extract
freshly grated carrots
Optionals: raisins, chopped walnuts, coconut

Shortcut Quick & Easy Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe

1 box favorite Carrot Cake Mix, plus instructions how to bake cupcakes on box, with eggs, oil and water.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

cream cheese, room temperature or softened
butter, softened
powdered sugar, more as needed
vanilla extract
pinch of salt
green/orange food gel color to make the cute carrots on top!
Optional decoratives, sweetened shredded coconut, m&m’s, jelly beans

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe, above
unsweetened cocoa powder
chocolate sprinkles
Optional decoratives: Cadbury eggs, gummy bunnies, jelly beans

Make the Carrot Cake Batter

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pan with paper liners and set aside.
Dry Ingredients: Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
Wet Ingredients: In a large bowl, using mixer, beat the eggs for 2-3 minutes. Add in sugar, oil, Greek yogurt/sour cream and vanilla and mix until combined.
Gradually add in dry ingredients and mix together until combined. Fold in carrots.
Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake for about 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Make the Easter Cream Cheese Frosting

To make cream cheese frosting, using mixer, mix together the cream cheese and butter. Slowly mix in the powdered sugar. Add in vanilla and mix until combined.
To make chocolate cream cheese frosting, make the cream cheese frosting and then add in unsweetened cocoa powder. Beat until well-incorporated into the frosting & be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl so that all ingredients are well-combined.
Frost completely cooled cupcakes.

Decorating Your Cupcakes

Frosting the Cupcakes with the Cream Cheese Frosting

Just frost butter knife-style, but if you wanna get fancy, transfer it to a plastic bag or similar tool for piping the frosting on top with your favorite tip!
Top with some sweetened shredded coconut on top, if desired.
Take some of your frosting and place in two separate bowls. Add orange food coloring gel to one and green food coloring gel to the other bowl.
Mix up and place orange frosting into a plastic bag or similar tool for piping and pipe out carrots on top of each of the cupcakes. I used a ziplock bag and cut out a hole on the end to pipe my carrots out.
Place green frosting into another ziplock bag and make some leaves on the top of the carrots. Can use a leaf tip if you have one.

How to Pipe a Carrot Decoration

Fit the piping bag with round decorating tip 12 and fill with orange frosting.
Hold the decorating bag at slightly less than 90 degree angle. Position tip slightly above the surface.
Using heavy pressure, begin squeezing at the top of the carrot. Lift tip slightly, letting the frosting fan out generously.
Gradually relax pressure to taper shape as you pull back. When the carrot is the desired length, relax pressure and pull the tip back without lifting it off the surface to pull the end to a point.
Place green frosting into another ziplock bag and make some leaves on the top of the carrots. Can use a leaf tip if you have one.

Frosting the Cupcakes with the Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Frost butter knife-style, or if you wanna get fancy, transfer it to a plastic bag or similar tool for piping the frosting on top with your favorite tip!
Top with chocolate sprinkles on top, if desired.
Add your favorite Easter candies like a nest of eggs in the middle or whatever looks good!

Shortcut Recommendation for Easter Cupcakes

If you’re wanting to do a shortcut to make life easier, my recommendation is to make the carrot cake mix cupcakes with homemade frosting(s)! I’m super picky about my frosting on cupcakes and it can make or break a cupcake quickly . Many of them taste waxy, lack taste, and no structure when you want to decorate.

Storing Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Refrigerator: Because these have cream cheese frosting, you should store them in the fridge and enjoy within a couple of days. These cupcakes will last up to 4 days when stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
Freezing: Completely cooled and unfrosted cupcakes can be stored in zip-top freezer bags for up to 3 months.

Can I add Nuts or Raisins?

If you prefer, add both chopped nuts and raisins into the carrot cake batter for more texture!

This carrot cake cupcake recipe provides a unique twist on the traditional classic. With just the right balance of spices, sweetness and freshly grated carrots, they make the perfect festive dessert.

So this Easter, surprise your family and friends with a tasty treat that’s as pretty as it is delicious. Enjoy!

More Easter Ideas!

Easter Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Kim Lange

Celebrate Easter with the perfect Carrot Cake Cupcakes recipe- made with a delicious cream cheese or milk chocolate cream cheese frosting.

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Cook Time 18

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Ingredients

Homemade Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
4 large eggs
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar packed
1 cup vegetable oil
½ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups freshly grated carrots
Optionals: raisins chopped walnuts, coconut

Shortcut Carrot Cake Cupcakes

1 box favorite Carrot Cake Mix plus instructions how to bake cupcakes on box, with eggs, oil and water.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

8 ounce package cream cheese room temperature or softened
¾ cup unsalted butter softened (can reduce to ½ cup butter if desired)
4 cups powdered sugar more as needed
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
green/orange food gel color to make the carrots on top
Optional decoratives sweetened shredded coconut

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Chocolate sprinkles
Optional decoratives: Cadbury eggs gummy bunnies, jelly beans

Instructions

Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pan with paper liners and set aside. Make boxed mix cupcake recipe or make these homemade cupcakes!
Dry Ingredients: Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
Wet Ingredients: In a large bowl, using mixer, beat the eggs for 2-3 minutes. Add in sugar, oil, Greek yogurt/sour cream and vanilla and mix until combined.
Gradually add in dry ingredients and mix together until combined. Fold in carrots.
Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full and bake for about 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Shortcut Carrot Cake Cupcakes

1 box favorite Carrot Cake Mix, plus instructions how to bake cupcakes on box, with eggs, oil and water.

Cream Cheese Frosting

To make cream cheese frosting, using mixer, mix together the cream cheese and butter. Slowly mix in the powdered sugar. Add in vanilla and mix until combined.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

To make chocolate cream cheese frosting, Make the cream cheese frosting and then add in unsweetened cocoa powder. Beat until well-incorporated into the frosting & be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl so that all ingredients are well-combined.
Frost completely cooled cupcakes.