Crabapple Carrot Cakes

After borrowing my mum's copy of the Crabapple Cupcake Bakery Cookbook, I embarked on baking my first ever carrot cake(s), and a recipe that was meant to make 24 - a mixture which barely fitted in any of the largest bowls that I own, actually made around 40 - and it was at this point that I gave up and threw the rest out, as I had no idea how I was going to get rid of 40 cupcakes!!!
Anyway, it's a gorgeous book and these are some pretty scrumptious cakes, but beware - I'm very, very sure that the quantities published are far from correct!