I bumped into this carrot cupcake recipe a while ago looking for the ‘best carrot cupcake recipe’....and it IS great!
(I skip the nuts/pecans and use a flour frosting which takes forever to make but is great too)
http://half-bakedbaker.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-ever-carrot-cake-cupcakes.html
My grandmother used to put flour frosting on her red velvet cakes.