Easy Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Arlene Cummings
Updated Jul 20, 2023
These carrot cake cupcakes are made extra easy thanks to a box of Betty Crocker™ Delights Super Moist™ Carrot Cake Mix and cream cheese frosting! Everyone’s favorite springtime treat only takes 20 minutes of prep and are loaded with flaked coconut, chopped nuts and plump raisins.
More About This Recipe
- All of Betty’s carrot cake recipes are deliciously moist and veggie-filled, but not all recipes take just 20 minutes to prep. Your secret weapon here is Betty Crocker™ Delights Super Moist™ Carrot Cake Mix, which you combine with nuts, coconut and raisins. To make sure your cakes are perfect every time, read up on Betty’s tips for baking the perfect cake.
Easy Carrot Cake Cupcakes
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Delights Super Moist™ Carrot Cake Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/2 cup raisins
Frosting
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cups in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
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Step2Make cake mix as directed on box. Stir in coconut, nuts and raisins. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full).
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Step3Bake 15 to 18 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Spread frosting over cupcakes. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
210
Calories
9g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
30g
Total Carbohydrate
20g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 210
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 170mg
- 7%
- Potassium
- 45mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 30g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 20g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
2Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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