Looking for a healthy carrot cake or carrot cake muffins recipe? If so, you’ve got to try this version. You’ll love the real honey, unsweetened applesauce, and chopped walnuts in these delicious and moist carrot cake muffins.
As many of you know, I love to cook and more specifically bake. Baking is such a relaxing pastime for me. I love taking a bunch of ingredients and making them into something tasty that my family can enjoy.
Lately, my children have been becoming more interested in helping me bake so today I am sharing these Healthier Carrot Cake Muffins Recipe Made with Love.
My son is just about 5 years old and will be starting school this September. It is pretty heartbreaking to realize that my baby will be off to school soon.
He is my last child and only boy so it is a little more tough with him. Lately, we have been finding ways to spend more quality time together to make memories. Baking is one of the activities we have be enjoying together.
Fortunately, It’s a win-win situation because I love to bake, and he loves to eat my baked goods! Actually, the whole family went crazy over these carrot cake muffins.
When I was younger, I would constantly hover around my mother in the kitchen. I probably got in her way more than I helped, but I did learn a great deal about cooking, and baking from her. I cherish the memories and hope to continue to make them with my children.
What do We Mean by “Healthy” Carrot Cake Muffins?
Healthy in this context is relative to a traditional baked carrot cake muffin that’s made with vegetable oil and refined sugars.
The best things about this carrot cake muffins recipe are the healthier ingredients incorporated in. We use real shredded carrots, applesauce, walnuts, and real honey in this delicious recipe.
The natural ingredients meld together perfectly to create super moist and tasty carrot cake muffins!
Ingredients
Serving Size: 15 muffins
- 1 1/2 cups of Ivory wheat flour (or all-purpose flour)
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/4 tsp of ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or paste
- 2 tablespoons of melted butter
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup of honey
- 1 cup of unsweetened applesauce
- 3 medium carrots grated or chopped
- 1/2 cup of raisins
- 1/4 cup of black walnuts
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Line your muffin tins with 15 cupcake liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, add all your dry ingredients and stir well.
- Add in your honey, vanilla, egg, applesauce and melted butter; stir.
- Fold in your carrot, and raisins until just combined.
- Scoop batter into muffins tins.
- Sprinkle each with walnuts.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until fully cooked.
These Healthier Carrot Cake Muffins are perfectly sweet and contain much less calories verses a traditional carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
When you are trying to make smarter choices, these muffins are for you!
Healthy Carrot Cake Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Ivory Wheat Flour Can also use all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3 carrots grated or shredded
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup black walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
- Line your muffin tins with 15 liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, add all your dry ingredients and stir well.
- Add in your honey, vanilla, egg, applesauce and melted butter – and stir.
- Fold in your carrot, and raisins until just combined.
- Scoop batter into muffins tins.
- Sprinkle each with walnuts.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until fully cooked.
Notes
Nutrition
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Hello Diane,
You can use chocolate chips or dried cranberries.
What can I substitute raisins with?
one tablespoon of flax seeds and three tablespoons of water to replace one egg.
Hi, I just replied to this via email. Thanks!
why would it be more difficult to send your son off to school? Did you feel the same when your daughter/daughters entered school?
What’s the substitute for eggs?
Hi, our site does not post nutritional info, but you can find it by pluging it in on a site like: https://www.verywell.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4129594
Hi, yes you can!
You can get that info by using a site like- https://www.verywell.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4129594
Well, we all have jobs and this is mine. Have a great day!
You can use regular wheat flour to keep it healtier. Bob’s Red Mill sells Ivory Wheat Flour.
Hi, I do not but you can use a site like https://www.verywell.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4129594 to plug it in.
Hi, you can use regular wheat flour! Ivory is just a lighter blend. Bob’s Red Mill makes it :)
Hi, you can use regular wheat flour! Ivory is just a lighter blend.
I can’t get Ivory flour here. Ok to sub we flour? Adjustments?
I have never heard of Ivory wheat flour where do you buy it?
Do you have the nutritional informantion? I’m diabetic. How many carbs?
Never heard of Ivory wheat flour can I substitute regular flour. If so would it be the same amount?
This cook is so busy advertising hand soap that she neglected to add in the egg. Really? Hand soap with a recipe? Come on!
What are the carbs and sugar grams?
Spunds good but not sure about finding ivory wheat flour of vanilla paste. Can I use vanilla extract and rgular wheat flour?
Did I miss the nutrients? I scrolled through again and still didn’t see it.
These look delicious! My daughter loves baking with me and I think we might have to try these. My son actually is not a fan of cakes and sweets but Carrot Cake is the one thing he does like! {client}