I am still trying to lose weight for our holiday in Italy at the end of September hence these wee baby cupcakes. It does work, you know. There's no need to completely deprive oneself of all the joys of eating, but this keeps it under control. I must say, these are very little so you might want to nibble at them or you will find them gone in a mouthful. And then you will feel deprived. I am using the trick these days of eating slowly and thoughtfully so the experience lasts longer. Sometimes, you are eating something delicious but talking your head off to someone and suddenly the food is gone and you can't remember eating it. So sad. A couple of years ago, I was standing at Machu Picchu in Peru in the pouring rain with a sick son and a needy American girl. And I could have thought, dang it all, here I am in this amazing place and it's all ruined or I could have just thought, here I am in this amazing place. I chose the last one. The American girl had got up at some ungodly hour to … [Read more...] about Mini Carrot & Zucchini Cupcakes
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Carrot Cake Cupcakes – can’t beat these classic favourites
My favourite cake of all time, even beyond chocolate and caramel, is carrot cake. I made and blogged about the carrot cake cookies I made a while back and today I returned to this great classic in the form of cupcakes. These don't just have carrot, they have grated apple and raisins as well. I remember many years ago when I was on Weight Watchers (after a particularly long renovation without a kitchen and many takeaway meals later) that they told me a piece of carrot cake equates to a full day's calories when on a weight-loss diet.. By the way, also a McDonald's Big Mac is a day's calories. Just in case you wanted to know. Anyway, I have never been able to look at carrot cake quite the same again. And I never touched any McDonald's food again, Big Mac or otherwise. But, carrot cake does have carrots and therefore can't be all bad, surely. And if you add apple and raisins then maybe that balances out the calories. Or perhaps not. You could look at it this way. Either you can … [Read more...] about Carrot Cake Cupcakes – can’t beat these classic favourites
Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling – Weekend Baking
I'm a little over cupcakes for the moment so I decided to make my very favourite cake - carrot cake. However, I didn't want to make a full cake. Luckily I found this great recipe for carrot cake cookies sandwiched together with cream cheese icing on the cravingchronicles.com blog. I remember seeing somewhere that if you eat a slice of carrot cake with cream cheese icing, that is basically your calorie allowance for the day if you are not wanting to gain weight. A rather daunting thought but hey, I only bake in the weekend and I have people to help me eat them. There's also something therapeutic about baking and sharing it around. [print_this] Carrot Cake Cookies Ingredients: 3/4 cup golden raisins BUY HERE 1 1/4 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ginger pinch of cloves 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 114g unsalted butter, softened 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar BUY HERE 1/3 + 3 tablespoons cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 1/2 … [Read more...] about Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling – Weekend Baking
