Glazed Carrot Cupcakes

Is your mouth watering yet?  These are by far my favorite cupcakes, and my kids LOVE them too!

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
3/4cup + 1 Tablespoon whole wheat flour

1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1/2 applesauce
2/3 cup 1% milk
1½ cups grated carrots

Frosting:
2 8-oz packages cream cheese
4 cups powdered sugar
½ cup butter (1 stick)
2 tsp vanilla extract

or you can glaze them to cut out some of the sugar, and calories from the cream cheese and butter.  Here is the Glaze recipe:
2 Tablespoon apple juice
1 teaspoon honey
1 cup powdered sugar (maybe a little more depends on consistency, you want it to be glaze like)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line muffin cups with cupcake liners.
2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flours, the sugars, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
3. In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, honey, applesauce and milk.
4. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir together to combine. Then stir in the grated carrots.
5. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
6. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
While cupcakes are baking, combine cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy.  Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, to reach desired consistency and sweetness.   If using the glaze, mix all ingredients together until disired consistency (you want it to be thin, but not watery thin) and sweetness. 
7. Remove cupcakes from oven and cool in muffin pans for 5 minutes, then on cooling rack for about 30 minutes or until completely cool.
8. Spread frosting on top of each cupcake and serve.  If using the glaze, just dip tops of cupcakes in the glaze, and leave them to set.  You can serve them while still gooey, I think gooey makes them even better!  LOL!

These are by far my favorite cupcakes:
Enjoy, <3 Mommy of 6