Cardamom
Carrot, Cardamom & Walnut Muffins
- Serves 9
Author Notes
Whether you want to start your day with a nutritious breakfast or finish your day with a nutritious dessert, this carrot, cardamom & walnut muffin recipe should be a go-to option for you.
The recipe can be found here - http://www.mynutricounter.com/carrot-cardamom-walnut-muffins/ —Nikki Brown
What You'll Need
Ingredients
- For the Muffins
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125 grams
almond flour
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15 grams
coconut flour
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1 tablespoon
baking soda
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1/2 tablespoon
salt
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1 tablespoon
ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon
ginger powder
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1/2 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
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10 grams
crushed cardamom seeds
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2 pieces
eggs
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75 milliliters
melted coconut oil
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80 milliliters
honey
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10 milliliters
vanilla extract
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50 grams
grated carrots
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50 grams
chopped walnuts
- For the Coconut Frosting
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400 milliliters
can of coconut cream
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60 grams
yoghurt
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60 grams
coconut oil
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5 milliliters
vanilla extract
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
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50 milliliters
honey
Directions
- For the Muffins
- Refrigerate can of coconut cream overnight.
- Carefully take chilled coconut cream out of the refrigerator the following day, and open it without disturbing the solidified layer. Scoop this layer out leaving the clear liquid behind.
- In a mixer, beat this cream to soft-peaks.
- Add in yoghurt, coconut oil, vanilla, salt, and honey.
- Chill for about 4 hours.
- For the Coconut Frosting
- Prepare a muffin pan with liners.
- In a bowl, sift together all dry ingredients(almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger powder, and nutmeg).
- In a separate bowl, mix the wet ingredients (eggs, cardamom seeds, coconut oil, honey, vanilla).
- Fold in the dry ingredients into the wet.
- Add in grated carrots and half of the chopped walnuts.
- Pour the batter into the individually-lined muffin tin.
- Bake in a 175C/350F oven for about 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- Top with chopped walnuts for garnish.
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