Carrot Sheet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 9 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 large egg whites
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 2 cups carrots, finely shredded
• 1/2 cup fat free cream cheese
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar, divided
• 1 tablespoon orange sugar candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 to prepare cake, coat 13 x 9" baking pan with cooking spray, line bottom of pan with wax paper. coat wax paper with cooking spray, set aside.
• 3 place 9 tbs butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large bowl, beat with mixer at medium speed 5 minutes or until well blended.
• 4 add eggs and egg whites 1 at a time beating well after each addition until pale and fluffy.
• 5 beat in 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
• 6 combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and 1/4 tsp salt, stirring well.
• 7 add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture; mixing after each addition.
• 8 stir in carrot.
• 9 spoon batter into prepared pan. tap pan once on counter to remove bubbles.
• 10 bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 11 cool pan 10 minutes on wire rack, remove from pan, carefully peel off wax paper, cool completely.
• 12 to prepare frosting, place cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1/8 tsp salt in large bowl; beat with mixer at medium speed until smooth.
• 13 gradually add 2 cups powdered sugar, beating at low speed until smooth.
• 14 stir in remaining 3/4 cup powdered sugar.
• 15 cover and chill 30 minutes.
• 16 spread frosting over top of cake.
• 17 garnish with sprinkles.