Carrot Sheet Cake Cooking Light May 2005 Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, beat eggs, oil and sugar until smooth. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; add to egg mixture and beat well. Stir in carrots and walnuts. Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a bowl until smooth; beat in sugar. Spread over cake. Sprinkle with nuts. Decorate as desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• To prepare cake, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, coconut, pecans, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk. Combine oil and eggs; stir well. Stir egg mixture, grated carrot, and pineapple into flour mixture. Spoon batter into a 13 x 9-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• To prepare frosting, combine butter and cream cheese in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla just until smooth. Spread frosting over top of cake. Garnish each serving with grated carrot, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• To prepare cake, coat a 13 x 9 inch pan with cooking spray. Line bottom with wax paper, then coat wax paper with cooking spray. Set aside.
• Place 9 Tbsp butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed 5 minutes or until well blended. Add eggs and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition until pale and fluffy. Beat in 2 tsp vanilla.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and 1/4 tsp salt, stirring with a wisk. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in carrot.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan. Sharply tap pan once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes on wire rack. Remove from pan. Carefully peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire rack.
• To prepare frosting, place cream cheese and next three ingredients in a large bowl. beat with a mixer on medium speed until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until smooth. Cover and chill for 30 minutes. Spread over top of cake.
• Store cake loosely covered in the refrigerator.