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Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

Cost $12.5, save $15

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  • 55 Min
  • 16 Servings
  • $12.5

INGREDIENTS

  • Cake

    • Cooking spray
    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking soda
    • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • 🧂 ½ teaspoon salt
    • 🥚 2 large eggs
    • 1 ½ cups white sugar
    • ¾ cup buttermilk
    • ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
    • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 🥕 2 ½ cups grated carrots
    • 1 ½ cups chopped pecans
    • 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, drained and juice reserved

  • Frosting

    • 🧀 1 (8 ounce) package Neufchâtel cheese, softened
    • 1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice
    • 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 🧂 1 pinch salt

STEPS

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

2

Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Lightly beat eggs in a second large bowl; add sugar, buttermilk, applesauce, oil, and vanilla and mix until well combined. Stir buttermilk mixture, carrots, pecans, and drained pineapple into flour mixture just until mixed; pour into the prepared baking dish.

3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in the baking dish on a wire rack, about 1 hour. Cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate for 8 hours to overnight.

4

Beat together Neufchâtel cheese and 1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and salt; beat until the frosting is smooth.

5

Spread frosting over cold cake.

NUTRIENTS

Per 1 serving

🔥

398

Calories

  • 5
    Protein
  • 67
    Carbs
  • 13
    Fats

💡 Bake the cake one day ahead for enhanced flavor.Use freshly grated carrots for better texture.Refrigerating the cake helps the flavors meld together.