Carrot Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

from anaffairfromtheheart.com
40 min

Moist carrot bars baked with cinnamon and nutmeg, slathered with cream cheese. These snack cakes are perfect for any time of the year.

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 (4 ounce) jars of strained baby food carrots
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 Tablespoons butter, softened
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a jelly roll pan (10 1/2" x 15 1/2) set aside.

  2. 2

    With your mixer, cream together eggs and sugar until fluffy. Mix in oil.

  3. 3

    Stir in carrots.

  4. 4

    Sift the dry ingredients together, and slowly add to the wet mixture, stirring as you go.

  5. 5

    Spread into prepared jelly roll pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

  6. 6

    Cool before whipping together icing ingredients and frosting bars. Eat immediately or store in the fridge until you enjoy them.