Feeling Christmassy?

In my experience the days before Christmas are a hassle: sorting through your cookbooks over and over again, grocery shopping, pre-cooking, stuffing the fridge and the freezer, baking, decorating your home etc etc.
So, to lift your spirits from all the christmas shopping, sit back and relax, kick off your shoes, fix yourself a nice cup of tea and have a muffin.

Recipe:
250 gr ap flour
2 ts baking powder
1 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt
1 ts cinnamon
3 tbs poppyseed

225 gr light muscovado sugar
3 eggs (beaten)
zest of 1 orange
225 gr carrot (grated)
115 gr melted butter
75 gr pine-apple
75 gr nuts

Sift dry ingredients, cream wet ingredients, then combine dry and wet ingredients and stir. Oven 175gr C, appr. 15 - 20 minutes.

Topping:
150 gr mascarpone
2 heaped tbs powdered sugar
zest of 1 orange

Note: Larein's recipe !