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Walnuts and Carrot Cup Cakes

It’s healthy, it’s tasty, it’s absolutely easy to make. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Walnuts and Carrot Cup Cakes
Main Ingredients Walnuts, Carrots
Cuisine Fusion
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 11-15 minutes
Cook time 1.30-2 hour
Serve 4
Taste Sweet
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Non Veg
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Ingredients list for Walnuts and Carrot Cup Cakes

  • 1 cup Walnuts chopped
  • 4-5 Carrots peeled and grated
  • ½ cup Buttermilk
  • 1 cup Oil
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
  • 1 teaspoon Orange zest grated
  • 3 cups Refined flour (maida)
  • 1 teaspoon Soda bicarbonate
  • 2 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons Green cardamom powder
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon powder

Method

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  1. Preheat oven to 170° C.
  2. Put walnuts in a bowl and toast in a microwave for five minutes. Remove and set aside.
  3. Put the grated carrots in a separate bowl, add buttermilk, oil and sugar. Break eggs and add along with vanilla essence and orange zest. Whisk till all the ingredients are well combined
  4. Sift together flour, soda bicarbonate, baking powder, kosher salt, cardamom powder and cinnamon powder in a third bowl. Add the carrot mixture and fold in till well combined.
  5. Add toasted walnuts and mix well till evenly incorporated.
  6. Pour the mixture into cupcake moulds, place them on a baking tray. Place the tray in the preheated oven and bake for fifteen to twenty minutes.
  7. Remove from oven and cool down to room temperature.
  8. Remove the cupcakes from the moulds, place them on a serving plate and serve immediately

Nutrition Info

Calories 8892
Carbohydrates 332.7
Protein 83.6
Fat 802.7