Description
Moist spiced carrot cake layered with luscious cream filling and topped with buttery crumble.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup powdered sugar (for cream layer)
- ¼ cup butter, melted (for crumble topping)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8×8-inch pan with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk eggs, oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Fold in grated carrots.
- In another bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into wet mixture.
- In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese with powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Spread half the carrot batter into the pan, layer the cream cheese mixture evenly, then top with remaining carrot batter.
- Combine a small handful of flour, sugar, and melted butter to create a crumb topping; sprinkle over batter.
- Bake 35–40 minutes until set. Cool completely before slicing into thick bars.
Notes
- Ensure the cream cheese is softened for easy mixing.
- Let the bars cool completely for easier slicing.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35–40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg