Healthier Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 6 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat to 350°f.
• 2 beat eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla together in a large bowl. add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix until combined.
• 3 stir in the grated carrots and crushed and drained pineapple. then, fold in the pecans.
• 4 grease a 9 by 13" pan and pour the batter inches.
• 5 bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes, using the toothpick test to check doneness. turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling after pulling the cake out from the oven for about 10 minutes.
• 6 as the cake cools, make the frosting. beat the cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract until it creams together as one. fold in the chopped nuts.
• 7 after the cake is completely cooled, frost the cake with this cream cheese frosting.