Orange, lemon and carrot cupcakes are inspired by Ace cakea popular Italian dessert. The acronym ACE refers to vitamins A, C and E found in the orange, carrot and lemon in this recipe.
This recipe was inspired by the Italian beverage made with carrot, orange, and lemon juice that I fondly recall enjoying years ago! Have you ever tried it?
I’m not here to advocate on behalf of the nutritional content of these cupcakes, which if you are curious about, you can locate in my recipe card further below.
Instead, I’d like to convince you to make these carrot cupcakes because of the amazing aroma in your home as you zest and juice your orange and lemon and then the enticing scent emerging from your oven while they are baking!
The olive oil makes them incredibly moistand best of all there is no butter and sugar that require creaming in this recipe. Once you’ve grated your carrots, zested and juiced your citrus, all there is left to do is stir together all the ingredients in one bowl and bake.
Winter is the ideal time to consume in season citrus fruit and these tasty little cupcakes are the perfect drab, winter day’s pick me up.