Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream cheese Frosting!

I made these for a birthday party & people raved about them.

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
4 cups (approx. 1 lb) carrots freshly shredded
2/3 cup nuts chopped (optional)

Makes:
About 2 1/2 dozen standard cupcakes or 8 Mini Tasty-Fill cakes. Each cupcake serves 1.
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with baking cups. In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and baking soda; mix well.

In large bowl, beat eggs with electric mixer until foamy; add oil in a thin stream and beat well. Add flour mixture to egg mixture; mix well. Fold in carrots and nuts. Spoon into baking cups.

Bake 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pan on cooling rack for 5-8 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan; cool completely.

Do not use pre-shredded carrots.




Cream Cheese Frosting!!

1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 to 3 teaspoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

Whip all together until desired consistency. I used a star tip & piping bag to decorate my cupcakes, you could easily just slather the yummy frosting right on the cupcakes. I then sprinkled them with a little ground cinnamon. yuuuum!

Made from Scratch Orange Marmalade!

I made this in a bread Machine, do you have one? They are awesome & I am using mine to make more then just bread.
I have a kitchen Pro bread machine but this can be made in other machines.



3 Large oranges ( I used navel)
1 Lemon
1 cup Sugar
2 Tbsp powdered low-sugar fruit pectin


Directions:
Using a vegetable peeler, shave off the bright layer of the peel of one orange & the lemon. Chop Finely.
Remove remaining white peel from orange and lemon and discard. Peel remaining oranges and discard peels. Slice fruit into 1/2 inch pieces.
Combine the chopped peel, fruit, sugar and pectin in bread pan. Press stop to clear the display. press the select arrow to choose the desired setting. Pres start. When the display reads 0:00 press stop. Using hot pads, remove the bread pan. Pour jam into containers and cover. Refrigerate to set.

Makes about 3 cups.
Combine chopped peels