Ingredients

• 500ml cake flour
• 250ml Nutty wheat flour
• 10 ml baking powder
• 10ml bicarbonate of soda
• 10ml ground cinnamon
• 5 ml salt
• 300ml brown sugar
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 300ml oil
• 10ml vanilla essence
• 80ml milk
• 7 medium carrots, peeled & grated
• 100g pecan nuts, finely chopped

Method

1. Cream the butter and gradually add half the icing sugar. Beat until light and creamy. (An electric handheld mixer works well)
2. Add cream cheese and blend together.
3.  Stir in the remainder of the icing sugar.
4. Mix in the vanilla essence and spice until ingredients are just combined. (Do not over mix)
5. Once muffins have cooled; spread icing on top. Sprinkle with chopped nuts and keep cool

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