Carrot cupcakes with coconut icing

Ingredients

2 cups brown sugar
300g melted butter
1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
4 eggs
2 cups peeled, grated carrot
3 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
4 tablespoons milk

Icing: 
300g icing sugar
4 tablespoons coconut cream

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees
  2. beat butter, salt and sugar together until soft and fluffy with an electric mixer
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  3. add in eggs
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  4. Sift in flour, baking powder and baking soda and mix
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  5. Add in carrot until just combined
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  6. Spoon into cupcake tins (2/3 full) and bake for 25 minutes
  7. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack
  8. With an electric mixer, beat coconut cream and icing sugar together until smooth. Drizzle on top of cooled cakes
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