Carrot Muffins With Brown Butter Icing

~ Tandy

My beautiful niece loves to bake and when she shared a photograph of her carrot muffins I asked her for the recipe. I have adapted it to suit my baking and am sharing it with you. This is one recipe you really have to try.

Carrot Muffins
Carrot Muffins
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I bank with two of the big five in South Africa. My primary bank holds my business and personal accounts as well as the products associated with an investment property I co-own. These include the home loan, a transaction account and a savings account for holding deposits. My secondary bank hosts my personal home loan, as well as my car finance and credit cards. I also have an investment account which has been great for rainy day savings. Especially during hard lockdown. I access my primary accounts on my laptop as I find it easier to transact using a proper keyboard, with a number pad. For my secondary account I use the banks’ app on my iPhone. I only use it to check balances and the login is simple. A few weeks ago there was an update which I did.

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These are usually for security reasons and I always do them. The next time I went in to check the balances I noticed that my one credit card had an amount showing that did not make sense. Since the initial installation, the amounts shown have always been the credit available. And I was wondering how on earth I had only R25 left to spend on the card. Especially as it is one I don’t use and is reserved for emergencies. Well, it turns out that the update changed what was shown, and I actually owed R25. I breathed a quick sigh of relief, but I am still not used to this quick view. Do you use an app for your banking, or do you prefer to do it online or in-person?

Carrot Muffins

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Carrot Muffins

These cupcake or muffins are a great tea time treat
Recipe Category: Baking
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Ingredients

For the muffins

  • 125 g self raising flour
  • 113 g coconut sugar
  • 2.5 mls ground cinnamon
  • 1.25 mls ground ginger
  • 1.25 mls ground nutmeg
  • 160 mls canola oil
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 large carrots, peeled and coarsely grated

For the brown butter icing

  • 33 g butter
  • 125 g mascarpone cheese
  • 2.5 mls vanilla paste
  • 15 mls maple syrup

Method

For the muffins

  • Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
  • Place the flour, sugar and spices into a bowl and whisk to combine
  • Add the oil and eggs and use a hand held whisk and whisk for one minute
  • Add the carrot and stir in using a spatula
  • Divide the batter between a lined 12 hole muffin tin
  • Place into the oven and bake for 30 minutes
  • Remove from the oven and leave the muffins to cool in the tin

For the brown butter icing

  • Place the butter into a sauce pan and melt over a medium temperature
  • Every now and then, give the pan a swirl
  • When nut brown remove from the stove and set aside to cool slightly
  • Place the mascarpone, vanilla and maple syrup into a mixing bowl and whisk to combine
  • Slowly pour in the butter while whisking
  • When combined, ice your muffins
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Published by Tandy

I am passionate about using regional, seasonable and sustainable produce when I cook. I live in Gordons Bay with my husband and dogs. We visit new places locally and overseas as often as we can to experience the food of the area. Follow along on our adventures!

5 thoughts on “Carrot Muffins With Brown Butter Icing”

  1. I do all of my banking online, either using my laptop or an app. I especially like the ability to make a deposit of a check by simply taking a picture of it with my phone. And I can imagine the relief you felt when you realized what the R25 represented…

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    1. That is an amazing way to deposit a cheque! I don’t think the banks are issuing cheque books here any more.

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  2. An iced muffin blurs the line between muffin and cupcake. I never know what to think! However, your butter icing looks so rustic, and seems to match the carrot muffin so well, and I have to say, I really like the idea!

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