Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

You want to try a new recipe and at the same time you are craving a dessert that taste sweet, creamy with a hint of sour? Here I would like to share a recipe that you should try.

Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

Cake:

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups grated carrots
1 can(tin) crushed pineapple in juice, drained and juice reserved

1 cup of grated pecan halves (walnuts)

Frosting:

1 package Neufchatel cheese, softened
1 package confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt

Directions

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

Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a bowl. Lightly beat eggs in a bowl; add white sugar, buttermilk, applesauce, oil, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and mix well. Stir buttermilk mixture, carrots, walnuts, and drained pineapple into flour mixture just until mixed; pour into prepared dish.

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

Beat Neufchatel cheese and 1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; add confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 pinch salt and beat until frosting is smooth. Spread frosting on cake

Enjoy!!Have a nice day

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