These carrot cupcakes are lightly spiced with cinnamon along with raisins for an extra touch of sweetness. Carrot cake normally has nuts which I chose to leave out, but feel free to add some chopped walnuts or pecans if you want. Instead of traditional cream cheese frosting, I chose mascarpone cheese frosting for these cakes. Mascarpone cheese when whipped with cream makes a heavenly frosting, not too heavy and not too sweet, more like a richly flavored whipped cream with a hint of the mild cheese flavor. The quirky marzipan carrots are easy to make and a whimsical way to let everyone know you are serving carrot cupcakes.