Spring is in the air! I hope. After a long winter filled with unusual weather patterns we are ready to see signs of spring. What better way to celebrate than by watching the new Winnie the Pooh Blu-ray Springtime with Roo (released on March 11th) while enjoying Rabbit’s Carrot Cupcakes? Want to know how to make them for your gang?
Rabbit’s Carrot Cupcakes #recipe (Winnie the Pooh themed fun)
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Serves: 12
Delicious Carrot Cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting. Simple to make carrots can be added to the top for decoration.
Ingredients
- For Cake:
- 1 cups (8 ounces) EACH all purpose flour and granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons EACH baking soda and baking powder
- 2 teaspoons EACH vanilla and ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) grated carrots
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) chopped walnuts
- 2/3 cup (6 ounces) vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- For Frosting:
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 cups (16 ounces) confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- For Carrots
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) fondant
- orange food coloring
- 4 green gummy worms, cut into thirds
- Easier way to make carrots:
- 12 orange Starburst candies
- 12 green Starburst candies
Instructions
- For cake:
- Preheat oven to 350. Place cupcake liners in a 12 cup muffin pan. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots and then pecans. Spoon into muffin cups, filling each cup half full. Bake 25 or 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- For Frosting:
- Combine the butter, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla in a small bowl. Mix until combined. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
- For carrots:
- Place fondant in a small bowl and add orange food coloring if desired. Knead until food coloring is well mixed into the carrots. Pinch off small amount (about a tablespoon) of fondant and roll into carrot shape. Using a knife, make grooves in the fondant to resemble grooves in carrot. Add the green gummy worm segment to the top of the carrot. Position on the cupcake.
- Easy Way to make carrots:
- Unwrap Starburst candies. On a piece of waxed paper, use a glass to roll over each piece of Starburst until thin. Shape orange pieces into carrot shape. Add green pieces for leaves. Arrange on top of cupcake.
Do you have a favorite carrot cupcakes recipe? Who is your favorite Winnie the Pooh character?
That is such a fun cupcake! Best thing to serve as we watch The Winnie the Pooh Movie.
I love carrot cakes so I know I’d love this! I’m definitely going to try! Love the perfect carrot design too!
What a cute idea for Easter. I’m not even close to being ready for that holiday yet. I’ve been so busy I’m having trouble keeping up this year.
These cupcakes are adorable. I’m a big Winnie the Pooh fan so I would love to try to make this for a family baby shower or an infant’s birthday some day soon.
These are too cute. Perfect for Winnie-The-Pooh or an Easter party 🙂
Carrot cake is my favorite cake, so of course this recipe got my attention from the start
I love carrot cupcakes, I have never tried making it myself. Thanks for sharing!
This is such a cute idea! My kids love Winnie the Pooh.
Adorable!! We love Winnie The Pooh!
The recipe sounds yummy. I think my kids would enjoy it in addition to myself.
Ahhhhh these are so cute! I can’t wait to see the new Winnie the Pooh movie.
I absolutely LOVE carrot cupcakes! Thank you for sharing!
What a cute idea! I love Winnie the Pooh.
I love Winnie the Pooh. I love Tigger! This is such a cute idea. Very creative
My daughter has always loved Winnie the Pooh. Even at 16, she still has her baby comforter of Winnie the Pooh.
I love Winnie the Pooh. I love the quotes from Pooh too that I can across here and there online, he’s got some goodies. 🙂
Fantastic idea. Love piglet.
Ah such a cute idea! Love the carrots on top! It’s always the little details that make it 🙂
What a cute idea,I have to say Tigger is my favorite with Pooh a close second.
Any cupcake is a good cupcake! Yum!
My kids love Winnie the Pooh! Can’t wait to try these out 😉
I don’t think I could choose just one. I like Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Roo….
I love carrot bread and muffins. you made such a great looking cupcake. If I tried it would looks like a five year old made it
I have a strict “No Pooh” rule but I might change it for cupcakes!
Love the cupcake! So cute, it is a great idea!
That cupcake is so cute! What a great idea for Winnie the Pooh
This is such a great idea. I never would have thought to use Starbursts as carrots!
Awww, I’ve always loved Winnie The Pooh. These cupcakes are just the cutest, what a creative & fun idea!
Winnie the Pooh has always been a favorite of mine. These cupcakes are so cute!
I’m making these!!! So cute! I love them. We’re going to read Pooh this week and make these 🙂
My favorite cake is carrot cake! Yum! Will save this recipe so that I can make it with my son!!
These look really delicious and cute! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
This is absolutely adorable. My favorite character is Winnie the Pooh, since I can remember he’s been my pal.
Those look adorable. My kids would love to make these.
We love Winnie the Pooh and have this movie!
I want to try to make those Starburst carrots. These are cute cupcakes!
How cute and I lvoe you can make them for spring or Easter.
These are so cute and would be perfect for Easter and Spring.
Super cute!
I love carrot cake….. so yummy!!
How cute!! What fun to have food themed with the movie!! That would be fun. I bet my boys would love that!!
Eeyore has always been my favorite Winnie the Pooh character!
Oh,my kids would love these cupcakes. What a cute idea for Winnie The Pooh/Spring inspired cupcakes!
What a cute idea! Looks like a cute movie!
This movies is adorable – we got it when it came out and have already watched several times. These cupcakes are fun to go with it!
Love The Cupcake Idea & We All LOVE Winnie The Pooh!!
I’ve always loved Pooh. Even as an adult I get giddy seeing him at Disney. My girls like him but not as much as I do!
My kids sadly aren’t huge Winnie the Pooh fans…but I loved it growing up. Thanks for bringing back some memories.
My Daughter grew up loving Winnie The Poo and of course Winnie was her favorite. She had a bear she carried around for years.
What a cute idea for spring. Spring is in the air and it won’t be long before it will be time to grow carrots.
They are so cute! Perfect for Easter! I bet my girls would love them.
maybe do a lower angle and a little further back next time? I still want to make them .and id totally eat yours. 🙂
Thank you. 🙂 I am always open to tips. You are welcome to come over anytime and eat some cupcakes with me. I might just have to ship them to you. lol
we are BIG pooh fans here. especially my 4 year old. those cupcakes sound amazing!
I really enjoy a good carrot cake cupcake, and the little carrot on top just makes me smile.
Awww, what cute cupcakes. The kids would love these for Easter.
My sister will want to make these for her class. They are cute!
Love carrot cake/muffins, cupcakes. You name it, love it!. It’s always so moist. Very cute
I loved Winnie the Pooh as a child. Carrot cake is one of my favorite types of cake and this cupcakes looks so yummy!
I really like this, especially for Winnie the Pooh themed baby showers.
This is super cute! What a fun project for me to work on with my son.
What a cute idea! We love anything Winnie the Pooh!
So cute! The cupcake sounds delicious! 🙂
My son is obsessed with Winnie the Pooh! He would love these!
Those cupcakes are so cute! My favorite Winnie the Pooh character is Tigger!
My favorite character is Tigger, as well. My kids adore Pooh and Piglet, though.
This is very similar to my carrot cake. My youngest loves when I make the carrot on the top. I never thought that these would be perfect to make for the Easter Bunny!
What a fun idea. I love Winnie the Pooh!
Aw, I love that cupcake idea! We are big fans of Winnie the Pooh and loved Springtime with Roo! It is such a cute movie!
I like it, but it looks more like shrimp cocktail to me. It’s probably the angle & the glisten. Sort of makes me want to make them more to be honest with you…lol
Yeah, I could not get a good picture of it, no matter how hard I tried.
That is such a cute idea!! And who doesn’t love Winnie the Pooh? My boys would definitely love these.