We continue to fight against industrial bakery. This recipe from carrot muffins It has a touch of spices that gives it a different point. The crunchy touch is provided by the chopped walnuts. Also, the cheese frosting is great and you can use it for other preparations. You can use any cheese spread, although the original recipe uses mascarpone and Philadelphia type cheese in the proportions indicated.

A trick: If you have peeled walnuts and they have been at home for a while, toast them a little in the oven and they will regain their aroma

Carrot Walnut Muffins with Mascarpone Cheese Frosting

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This recipe for carrot muffins has a touch of spices that gives it a different touch. Try them and you will repeat

Carrot Walnut Muffins with Mascarpone Cheese Frosting

Magdalenas de zanahoria y nueces con glaseado de queso mascarpone

Ángela

Kitchen: cuisine
Recipe type: breakfast
Rations: 12

Total time:

Ingredients

3 eggs
Carrots 3
100 g sugar
150 gr de harina
80 g of chopped walnuts
1 tsp. 4 spice
1 tsp. baking powder
1 pinch of salt

To make the mascarpone frosting:

100g mascarpone cheese
200 g Philadelphia cheese spread
85 g icing sugar, sifted
the zest and juice of 2 lemons

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180ºC. In a bowl or salad bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until they double their volume.
We sift together the flour, yeast, salt and the mixture of 4 spices; add a little to the eggs; Mix well with enveloping movements until the dry ingredients are moistened.
Peel and grate the carrots and add them to the dough. Chop the peeled walnuts and add them also mixing well.
Fill a multiple mold for muffins (if it is metal, we put paper capsules well, oil it well and lightly flour it) with this mixture up to 3/4 of its capacity; we put them on a tray.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until when inserted with a toothpick, it comes out clean.
Remove the muffins from the oven and let them cool on a rack so that they lose the moisture that accumulates from the heat.
While we prepare the gassing, which is as simple as mixing all the ingredients until everything is homogeneous.
Once the muffins are cool, spread generously over each one. You can do it with a pastry bag to make it more attractive.
Now all that remains is to enjoy.

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Carrot Walnut Muffins with Mascarpone Cheese Frosting