Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Carrot Cake with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting
Total time: 605
Yield: 16
Ingredients: cooking spray; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0.5 teaspoon salt; 2 eggs; 1.5 cups white sugar; 0.75 cup buttermilk; 0.75 cup unsweetened applesauce; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2.5 cups grated carrots; 1.5 cups chopped pecans; 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, drained and juice reserved; 1 (8 ounce) package Neufchatel cheese, softened; 1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice; 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 pinch salt

Recipe by Meghan Miller from allrecipes.com

Dessert 10 Hr. 5 Mins.

Ingredients

16 servings

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cooking spray
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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0.5 teaspoon salt
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2 eggs
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1.5 cups white sugar
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0.75 cup buttermilk
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0.75 cup unsweetened applesauce
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2 tablespoons vegetable oil

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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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2.5 cups grated carrots
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1.5 cups chopped pecans
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1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, drained and juice reserved
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1 (8 ounce) package Neufchatel cheese, softened
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1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice
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1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 pinch salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a bowl. Lightly beat eggs in a bowl; add white sugar, buttermilk, applesauce, oil, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and mix well. Stir buttermilk mixture, carrots, pecans, and drained pineapple into flour mixture just until mixed; pour into prepared dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool cake in baking dish on a wire rack, about 1 hour. Cover dish tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
Beat Neufchatel cheese and 1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; add confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 pinch salt and beat until frosting is smooth. Spread frosting on cake.