How to Serve Easy Carrot Muffins for a Garden Party

I recently hosted a garden inspired brunch for a friend’s birthday. I made these yummy muffins and want to share how to serve easy carrot muffins for a garden party.

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Since it was a garden theme, I thought serving muffins in terra cotta pots would be so cute.

I found a yogurt a while back that was served in terra cotta pots and I had saved some of them, so that’s what I used.

But, you could easily purchase small terra cotta pots at Home Depot, Lowe’s or a garden supply to use, as well.

supplies for serving carrot muffins in terra cotta pots

You will need:

small terra cotta pots (3″-4″)
brown tulip cupcake liners
a brown or green straw (I used brown, because I already had them, but green would resemble a flower stem)

ingredients for easy carrot muffins

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cup shredded carrots
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

directions for carrot muffins

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk until mixed together well.
• Add in shredded carrots. Stir until well blended into the mixture.
• Add baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon into the wet ingredients. Whisk to combine.
• Add flour and fold into the mixture until just combined. Be sure not to over mix once the flour is added.
• Divide the mixture evenly into the muffin cups.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until golden brown or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

assembling muffins in terra cotta pots.

As you can see, I not only served my easy carrot muffins in terra cotta pots, I made them look like a flower was growing out of the center.

Here’s how to make your easy carrot muffins for garden party theme look like they are “growing”.

Bake your carrot muffins in brown tulip cupcake liners.

When they are done baking, place each muffin inside a small terra cotta pot.

Next, you will use a brown or green straw. I used brown because I already had those, but green ones would resemble a stem. You could also use clear, and the flower stem would show through.

Cut about 3-4 inch pieces from your straw, and gently push the pieces of the straw into the center of your carrot muffin.

Right before you are ready to serve your muffins at your garden party, place a flower stem into the straw.

I used shasta daisies for my garden party theme, but any flower you like will work fine.

They looked so cute on my cake plate and at each place setting!

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Don’t you think it’s such a cute addition to a garden themed table??

Obviously, you could use any flower you have in your garden, or purchase an inexpensive bundle from the grocery store.

The sky is the limit with colors of flowers, so have fun with it and choose something that works with your color scheme.

You could also make cupcakes with frosting instead of muffins.

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blessings and happy baking,

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