oh yay! That would be so much faster! I make carrot cake muffins at least once a year (minimum) because carrot cake is my parrot's most favorite cake in the whole wide world. And so I bake a batch of muffins (with a few mini muffins on the side) in February for his birthday. Then for a couple of days, he gets one entire mini muffin in his breakfast veggie cup and he goes bonkers. I normally do frost the cupcakes, but this year I couldn't get the cream cheese to warm up enough to make the frosting. My house was too cold. This will save the day totally! I may have to make them in a couple of weeks. I only just got to add bread back into my diet after my throat surgery, so haven't graduated to cake yet. :D Definitely flagging this recipe for later though! Thank you! Thank you for sharing the amusing story about your parrot :) In the future, if your cream cheese needs to be softened, you can soften it in the microwave gently (take off the foil wrapper) or you can (leaving it in the wrapper) put it in a blowl of hot water to soften. This works great for butter also. ~Amy

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