Gluten free, paleo and dairy free (swap the yoghurt for dairy free yoghurt). These muffins are easy to whip up and make a great sweet treat.
Carrot Cake Muffins
Servings
10
servingsPrep time
30
minutesIngredients
3 eggs
1/2 cup greek yoghurt (swap for coconut yoghurt to make DF)
1/4 cup almond milk
1/4 cup honey
2 carrots, grated
1 cup almond meal
1/2 cup spelt flour (or coconut/ rice flour)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- For the Icing
150g cream cheese
3 Tbsp honey
1/2 lemon, squeezed
Directions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees on fan bake and grease 10 muffin trays.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. Add the yoghurt, milk and honey and beat the mixture until smooth.
- Add in the carrots, flour, almond meal, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, walnuts and fold the dry ingredients in with the wet ingredients until just combined.
- Portion the batter into 10 muffin holes and bake for 20 minutes until muffins rise.
- For the icing: beat the cream cheese, honey and lemon juice in a small bowl until smooth.
- Once the muffins have cooled, add the icing evenly on top and enjoy!