Name: Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Cooking spray -; All-purpose flour - 2 cups; Baking soda - 2 teaspoons; Ground cinnamon - 2 teaspoons; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Eggs - 2; White sugar - 1 ½ cups; Buttermilk - ¾ cup; Unsweetened applesauce - ¾ cup; Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Grated carrots - 2 ½ cups; Chopped pecans - 1 ½ cups; Crushed pineapple in juice, drained and juice reserved - 1 (8 ounce) can; Neufchatel cheese, softened - 1 (8 ounce) package; Reserved pineapple juice - 1 tablespoon; Confectioners' sugar - 1 (16 ounce) package; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Salt - 1 pinch

Ingredients for - Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Cooking spray

2. All-purpose flour 2 cups

3. Baking soda 2 teaspoons

4. Ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons

5. Salt ½ teaspoon

6. Eggs 2

7. White sugar 1 ½ cups

8. Buttermilk ¾ cup

9. Unsweetened applesauce ¾ cup

10. Vegetable oil 2 tablespoons

11. Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons

12. Grated carrots 2 ½ cups

13. Chopped pecans 1 ½ cups

14. Crushed pineapple in juice, drained and juice reserved 1 (8 ounce) can

15. Neufchatel cheese, softened 1 (8 ounce) package

16. Reserved pineapple juice 1 tablespoon

17. Confectioners' sugar 1 (16 ounce) package

18. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

19. Salt 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

1 . Stage

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

2 . Stage

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, pecans, and drained pineapple into flour mixture just until mixed; pour into prepared dish.

3 . Stage

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.

4 . Stage

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.