Ingredients:
3/4 cups - whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup - all purpose flour
1/4 tsp - salt
1/4 tsp - all spice
1 tsp - Baking soda
1/2 tsp - cinnamon
1/2 cup - Carrot juice
1/4 cup - vegetable oil
1/4 cup - brown sugar
1/2 cup - demerara sugar ( use brown sugar instead in case of non availability )
1/2 cup - applesauce
1/2 tsp - vanilla
1 to 1/2 cup - grated carrots
1/3 cups - finely chopped walnuts
1/4 cup - dry coconut
For the Mascarpone Frosting:
1/4 cup - unsalted butter at room temperature
1/2 cup - mascarpone
1/2 cup - confectioner sugar
1/2 tsp - vanilla
1/2 tsp - lemon zest
Method:
Sift together all the dry ingredients.
A. Mix applesauce,vanilla,oil,coconut,applesauce,carrot juice along with carrots and mix well.
B. Now add both wet and dry ingredients together and stir in walnuts.
C. In a lined muffin pan, divide the dough into the cups. This recipe makes approx 10-12 cupcakes.
D. Bake for 20-25min until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Cool it in a rack.
To make Frosting:
1.Add the butter and cheese together and whisk it until it is smooth.
2.Add the sugar,vanilla and zest and whisk somemore.
3.Now top it on the cupcakes and serve.
