Carrot Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

By srumbel

The incredible taste of your favorite carrot cake but in bar form! These Carrot Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are as easy as 1-2-3 and disappear just that quickly!
Author: Trish - Mom On Timeout

Ingredients

• Cake:
• One One
• 1 1/4 cups unsweetened applesauce (or oil, this is what my Nana used)
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• Two Two
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Three Three
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup Dole crushed pineapple (not drained!) {use the pineapple in JUICE not syrup}
• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 1/2 c butter (softened)
• 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 lb powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine #1 ingredients. Add #2 ingredients. Stir in #3 ingredients.
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