Kiwi Magazine Maylee's Moment Carrot Cupcake Recipe

 

 Maylee's Moment by Kiwi Magazine Carrot Cupcakes

  

I enjoy reading Kiwi Magazine and getting the email newsletter. Today I read this Carrot Cupcake recipe and loved it. I want to make these for Halloween. I LOVE the way Carrot Cake tastes and thankfully my son does too. I had carrot cake on my birthday and he ate most of mine and his! This recipe is from the Kiwi Magazine newsletter. I did not write this recipe I just wanted to share it.

Cupcakes are always delicious, but they're extra fun to eat when they're good for you, too. These ones are loaded with carrots, which are good for your eyes. Try making them with your parent and having one as an after school treat!

Prep time: 20 minutes
Bake time: 15 to 20 minutes

Carrot Cupcakes
1/2 pound carrots
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
Pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Glaze
1 medium navel orange
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

1. Have your parent preheat the oven to 350° while you line a muffin tin with paper cups.
2. With your parent, use a grater to grate the carrots, taking extra care not to scrape your fingers! Set aside.
3. With your parent, measure the flour, salt, spices, and baking soda. Put them all in a large bowl and stir until thoroughly blended. Then, you can add the grated carrots to the bowl and mix to combine.
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk, your parent can help you combine the eggs and sugars and mix until well combined. Add the oil, and mix until smooth. Turn off the mixer and add the flour mixture. Turn the mixer back on and mix until combined.
5. Use an ice cream scoop to fill the cupcake liners with batter until they are about two-thirds full.
6. Have your parent bake cupcakes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.
7. While the cupcakes are baking, help your parent cut the orange in half.
8. Use your (clean!) hands to pick out any seeds from the orange. Then hold one half of it over a medium bowl, cut side down, and squeeze as hard as you can until you get all the juice out. Do it again with the other orange half.
9. With your parent, measure the confectioners' sugar and add it to the bowl. Stir slowly with the whisk (or else the sugar will fly all over). When the glaze is smooth and shiny and there are no lumps, you can glaze the cooled cupcakes.

Makes 12 cupcakes
Per cupcake: calories 268, fat 10 g, protein 2 g, carbohydrates 43 g, dietary fiber 1 g

Mixbook Custom Cards Review

I love personalized items. They make sending cards, notes and information much more friendly. As a blogger I am always looking for new companies to create me products that can add a personal touch for my correspondence that also promote my site. Thank You cards are a must have for any company. I know for me when I get a Thank You card it makes my day to know someone went out of there way to send me one. I already have a list of companies that I will be sending my cards to.

Even as a parent Thank You cards are important. Having personalized ones to send for gifts, parties or favors would be great. I want to teach my son appreciation for others by sending Thank You cards. I will be getting him ones with his name on them when he is older so he can see that we thank others who have given us their time and effort.

For this review I ordered from Mixbook.com some really cute circle mod type of Thank You cards with a few of my favorite colors on them. I love Orange and Brown so these were perfect. They turned out great and are a high quality card stock with envelopes included.

With the holidays right around the corner I was exited to see the variety of Photo Cards available at Mixbook.com. I know this year we want to do a personalized Christmas card. When I worked in a studio as a family photographer one of the biggest expense were Holiday Cards. I find that personal pictures on a holiday card is much sweeter and meaningful than a posed studio card. Plus its a big money saver. Call me frugal but you can also later cut out the pictures you use to display you families loving faces in a frame or on the fridge. ( I do this with my holiday cards!)

I also thought of my sister Sam and her baby that is on the way for the Mixbook Photo Birth Announcements.
I know she will be excited to see all the cute pink cards they offer. We will need to get the baby some bows for her hair for her official announcement picture. I am excited for my sister and myself too, I get to buy pink and girly stuff!

You can check out all the great cards on Mixbook.com such as wedding announcements, save the date cards and they have super cute party invitations for all occasions.

Mixbook.com shares discounts and sale info on their accounts on facebook and twitter. I am sure as it gets closer to the holidays there will be great deals.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Old Navy Baby Sale

We LOVE Old Navy! This sale is a great excuse to go over there and see what they have. They have the cutest baby stuff. My son and I have matching t-shirts! Sale ends 9/22. Dont forget to check the clearance section there is always something great at my local store.

Winnie the Pooh Movie Coming to DVD October 25th

DVD AND MOVIE DOWNLOAD OCTOBER 25^th

 

Includes an Exclusive Short, Sing-Along Option and Hours More

of Exciting Bonus Features!

Film Synopsis

Disney returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with “Winnie the Pooh.” Featuring the timeless charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo – and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail. “Ever have one of those days where you just can’t win, Eeyore?” asks Pooh. Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some honey. Disney’s all-new “Winnie the Pooh” movie is inspired by three stories from A.A. Milne’s books in Disney’s classic, hand-drawn art

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Betty Crocker FANfare Recipes Inspired by TV Shows

I have been trying to be more of a good cook in my house. Before my son was born I would eat whatever I had and usually the same plain thing every few days. Now that I am a Mom I try to think of great ways to make food fun and tasty. The awesome thing is I get to eat tastier food too! 

Betty Crocker has a great resource for recipes inspired by TV shows called FANfare. This site has lots of great recipes. There are even recipes for fun smoothies using breakfast cereal.

 This recipe looks really good. It uses Black Beans, which in my house we love! Tater tots are a staple in my home too. We will try this soon.

Cheesy Po-Ta-Chos

You won’t have to ask twice to get everyone in front of this pile of potatoey goodness, topped with cheese, salsa and fresh veggies like tomatoes and avocado. This twist on classic nachos is so good- it may be a fight to snatch the last bite!

You can visit the site for the complete recipe and directions.


* I was not paid or compensated for this post. I received the details from Betty Crocker through MyBlogSpark to share.