Best Ever Cream Cheese Carrot Cake Bars
These carrot cake bars are super moist and robustly spiced — just how I think proper carrot cake should be. The cream cheese layer is baked into the bars so you don’t need to worry about frosting later. Score! They’re a very dense bar and if you like light and airy desserts, this is not the one for you. If you like something you can really sink your teeth into with tons of texture, then you’ve come to the right place.
Ingredients in Carrot Cake Bars
This is a fast and easy carrot dessert recipe to whip up with very common ingredients, which is great. You’ll need:
ButterEgg + yolkBrown sugarCinnamonAllspice Ground gingerClovesVanilla extractFlourSaltCarrotsCream cheeseGranulated sugar
How to Make Carrot Cake Bars
This is a quick and straightforward recipe for carrot bars. As I mentioned above, the cream cheese “frosting” is baked into the bars — it’s almost like a layer of cheesecake on top! Here’s an overview of how the bars come together:
Tips for the Best Carrot Bars
I recommend using whole, peeled carrots that you grate yourself on a box grater. The texture is better for baking because they incorporate better into the batter than pre-shredded carrots you can buy in a bag do. Save those for a curry because they tend to be coarser and firmer than if you grate them by hand. You’ll probably only need 1 jumbo or two average-sized carrots for these easy carrot cake blondies.
More Carrot Cake Desserts:
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