Login
Create Account
Carrot Cake Bars
Tell a FriendRate this recipe:
Rating : 0
-
Brief Description
Spiced carrot cake baked in a 9-inch square pan and topped with cream cheese frosting.
-
Main Ingredient
carrots
-
Category: Desserts
-
Cuisine: American
-
Prep Time: 30 min(s)
-
Cook Time: 40 min(s)
-
Recipe Type: Public
-
Source:
-
Tags:
-
Notes:
-
Posted By: mcarr
-
Posted On: Apr 08, 2020
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cups - vegetable oil
- 1/2 cups - sugar
- 1/2 cans - packed brown sugar
- 3 - eggs
- 1/2 tablespoons - vanilla extract
- 1 2/3 cups - all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons - cinnamon
- 1 teaspoons - baking soda
- 1 teaspoons - salt
- 1/2 teaspoons - baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoons - ground nutmeg
- 8 ounces - finely-grated fresh carrots
- 1 - package (8 oz.) cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons - butter softened
- 1 teaspoons - vanilla extract
- 3 cups - sifted powdered sugar more or less to desired consistency
- pinchs - ground cloves
- 1/4 cups - chopped nuts or raisins optional
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×9-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together oil, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until combined and smooth. Add in the eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined and smooth.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining dry ingredients (flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg and cloves) until well-mixed.
Gradually add the dry ingredient mixture into the egg mixture, stirring until smooth.
Fold in the grated carrots and stir well. If adding nuts and/or raisins, stir them in at this point.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and spread batter evenly.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Set the baking dish on a wire cooling rack and let cool until the cake reaches room temperature.
Meanwhile, make the frosting. In a large mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until evenly combined. Gradually add in the powdered sugar, stirring and mixing until smooth.
Feel free to add more/less powdered sugar to achieve your desired frosting consistency.
Once the cake has cooled, cover it evenly with the cream cheese frosting. Then slice, serve and enjoy! Keep any leftovers refrigerated.
Comments