These cream cheese carrot cake bars
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Made this at Easter and everyone loved it. So much, that my son requested it for his 17th birthday cake 🙂 It’s perfect – thank you!
Recipe Apdated From:theslowroasted.co
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1¼ cups unsweetened applesauce or oil, this is what my Nana used
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- Two
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Three
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 cup chopped nuts optional
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup crushed pineapple not drained! {use the pineapple in JUICE not syrup}
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- ½ c butter, softened
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 lb powdered sugar
Instructions
- First, Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Then, Pour into a lightly greased or parchment lined 10x15-inch jelly roll pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely!
- For the frosting:
- Beat the butter and cream cheese until nice and fluffy. Add in the vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until nice and smooth.
- Spread on top of the cooled cake bars and serve.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, for up to 3 days.
