Easy Carrot Cake Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting
These easy carrot cake bars are soft and moist, topped with rich cream cheese frosting. A simple homemade dessert everyone will love!
Servings: 48 bars
Calories: 95kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 oz. pureed carrot baby food (½ cup)
- 4 oz. pureed apple baby food (or applesauce) (½ cup)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 6 oz. cream cheese softened
- ⅓ cup melted butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 teaspoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar together. Beat in egg.Mix in baby foods.
- Add dry ingredients and mix.
- Spread batter into 9"x13" baking dish sprayed with non stick cooking spray.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until toothpick, inserted, comes out clean.
- Allow carrot cake bars to cool completely.
- While bars cool, beat frosting ingredients together.Spread over cooled bars.Sprinkle with chopped walnuts, if desired.
- Allow frosting to set up slightly before cutting. You can speed this up by refrigerating the frosted bars for 15 minutes. Wipe knife after each cut for clean cuts.
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Notes
Store bars in the refrigerator in an airtight container or covered in plastic.
Nutrition
Calories: 95kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 72mg | Potassium: 16mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 152IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.2mg
