Pineapple--Pumpkin--Carrot Bars

I have tried a LOT of snack cake recipes in the by 40+ years, but this 1 is, BY FAR, the best yet. It is super moist as well as tender from the crushed pineapple, pumpkin as well as grated carrots as well as it would last PERFECT for whatever potluck or party; your guests of all ages volition dearest it. It is 1 of those RARE recipes that is super easy AND it gets RAVE reviews.

 

 

No require for an electrical mixer, this quick as well as tardily care for goes together inwards a flash amongst a large bowl as well as a spoon.

2 cups all role flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
4 eggs
1 2/3  cups white sugar
2/3  loving cup vegetable oil
1  (15 ounce) tin strength out pumpkin puree
2 cups shredded carrots  (see authorities annotation below)
1  loving cup crushed pineapple (see authorities annotation below)

Preheat oven to 350°F as well as grease as well as flour a 10x15 baking pan (see authorities annotation below).

Mix the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon as well as pumpkin pie spice inwards a bowl as well as laid it aside.

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs till smooth, as well as then add together the sugar, crude oil as well as pumpkin, whisking it until its rattling good mixed, as well as then stir inwards the drained crushed pineapple as well as grated carrots. Stir till good combined.

Stir inwards the flour mixture as well as gently plication until its all good mixed.
Pour into prepared 10 x 15 pan as well as bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes (my electrical oven took xxx minutes).

Remove from oestrus as well as cool earlier you lot frost.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
(1) 8 ounce pkg. cream cheese (room temperature)
6 tablespoons butter (room temperature)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2  cups powdered sugar

Beat the cream cheese as well as butter till smooth, add together extract as well as powdered saccharide as well as trounce until correct consistency.

NOTES:
This cake volition plough out ameliorate if you lot hand grate the carrots amongst a box grater rather than grating them amongst your nutrient processor. The nutrient processor leaves rattling long strings of carrot, which don't exercise hence good inwards a cake/bar. The box grater volition give you lot a smaller/shorter grate.

Make certain the crushed pineapple is squeezed dry out of all of it's extra water. I constitute that a twenty ounce tin strength out of crushed pineapple.....squeezed dry out amongst my hands, gives me 1 loving cup of ready to work crushed pineapple which is simply correct for this recipe.

Not everyone has the 10 x xv baking pan that is called for inwards this recipe. You tin strength out bake this cake inwards a nine x xiii pan if you lot bake it a petty longer (about 10-15 minutes longer... simply exam it amongst a toothpick to brand certain its baked all the agency through). The nine x xiii pan volition give you lot a thicker bar (almost similar a cake) but it tastes the same. If you lot determine to work the 9x13 pan, the bars volition last to a greater extent than similar a cake

Personally, I similar to describe of piece of work my baking pans amongst parchment newspaper as well as and then spray the parchment newspaper amongst cooking spray. When the cake/bars are completely cool, you lot tin strength out simply elevator the whole matter out of the pan as well as it makes it much easier to cutting upwards neatly.