Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing - Golden Barrel

Ingredients

• 1 cup pecan halves, plus more for garnish
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 2 cups Golden Barrel organic cane sugar
• 1 Tbsp Golden Barrel blackstrap molasses
• 1 cup Golden Barrel coconut oil, melted
• 4 large eggs
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 1/2 bricks (12 oz) cream cheese
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 cups confectioners sugar