carrot cake muffins glazed with spiced honey glaze by Donna Hay

Carrot cake muffins with spiced honey glaze from Donna Hay are the perfect combination of sweet, savoury and a hint of spice. They are also a cute way of including cream cheese as opposed icing.

I did make the glaze on the stove but have included a Thermomix version below.

https://www.donnahay.com.au/recipes/desserts-and-baking/carrot-cake-muffins-with-spiced-honey-glaze

Thermomix directions

muffins

1. Chop the dates – 10 seconds, speed 7 (I didn’t use fresh dates so you would only need turbo once or twice with fresh ones). Place in separate bowl with boiling water (I added 1 tsp of baking soda to help soften the dates)
2. Add roughly cut carrots to TM bowl and chop for 2 second, speed 5.
3. Add all other ingredients to the bowl and mix for 10 seconds, reverse speed 5 – do a final stir with the spatula to make sure everything is combined.
4. Mix cream cheese and extra castor sugar in a small bowl.
5. Place a spoon of batter into each muffin hole, followed by a spoon of cream cheese and topped with another spoonful of batter.
6. Bake 🙂

glaze

1. Place the honey and water into the TM bowl and heat 100 degrees, 3 minutes, speed 3.
2. Add the mixed spice and mix for 5 seconds, speed 3.
3. Pour the warm glaze over the muffins to serve.

The recipe says that it makes 12 but I ended up with 16.