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Frosted Carrot Bars
Rich in flavor, these luscious bars are extra moist, thanks to a secret ingredient—baby food! "I add two jars of pureed carrots to the batter," reveals Rita Pearl of Norwalk Iowa. "The baby food makes the dessert melt in your mouth."—Rita Pearl, Norwalk, Iowa
20 Servings
Prep: 30 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
4 eggs
2 jars (6 ounces
each
) carrot baby food
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners' sugar
Yellow, red and green liquid food coloring
2 pastry
or
heavy-duty resealable plastic bags
Directions
In a bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and carrots. Combine flour, baking
powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to carrot mixture and
mix well. Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted
near the center comes out clean. Cool.
In a bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Blend in sugar
© Taste of Home 2011
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Directions (continued)
until smooth. Place 1/4 cup of frosting in a small bowl; stir in
yellow and red food coloring to make orange. Set aside. Place 3
tablespoons frosting in a small bowl; stir in green food coloring.
Spread white frosting on cake. Cut a small hole in the corner of a
pastry or plastic bag; fill with orange frosting. Mark off 20
squares on the cake; pipe a small carrot in the center of each
square. Place green frosting in another bag, cut a small hole in the
corner. Pipe greens on top of each carrot. Yield: 20 servings.
© Taste of Home 2011