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carrot banana muffins with quark frosting topped with a marzipan carrot

Carrot Banana Muffins with Quark Frosting

Try this best ever carrot banana muffins recipe made with grated carrots and overripe bananas and topped with German Quark Frosting! They make for great snacks and are a delicious way to have the flavors of carrot cake AND banana bread.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, German
Keyword carrot banana muffins, carrot muffins, quark frosting, quark icing
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 300 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon if, you want, also 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil measured solid then melted and cooled
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 bananas mashed
  • 2 cups freshly grated carrots
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk

For the frosting:

  • 1/3 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup / 100 g powdered xylitol* or powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract or a few drops of butter-vanilla flavoring
  • 1 cup - 200 g quark

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 360 F/ 180 C  and line a muffin tin with paper liners !
  2. Mix the dry ingredients for the muffin batter in a bowl! In a second bowl, cream the eggs and sugar with a hand mixer until white and fluffy. Add the oil and blend until well blended.
  3. Now add banana puree, grated carrots and vanilla. When the batter is mixed, we add half of the dry ingredients. Now stir the dough with a wooden spoon! Now add the buttermilk - then the 2nd half of the dry ingredients. Stir again until well blended!
  4. Fill your molds 2/3 full and bake the muffins for 20 minutes! Check for doneness (see tips)
  5. Leave to cool down completely after baking

For the frosting

  1. Using a hand mixer, cream together the softened butter, powdered xylitol or icing sugar and cornflour.
  2. Stir in the vanilla and quark.
  3. Place the frosting in the fridge for at least 60 minutes to set. As soon as the frosting has become firm enough, it can be filled into a piping bag and piped on the cooled cupcakes Decorate with chopped nuts or marzipan carrots.