Frosted Carrot Cake Blondies Recipe

If you love blondies and carrot cake I have the perfect marriage of the two... Frosted Carrot Cake Blondies! Yup, they are also frosted with cream cheese frosting! These Carrot Cake Blondies are sweet, caramelized, soft and the frosting is just perfection. I've even added pecans to this recipe and you can add dried fruit such as raisins (I didn't). If you are looking for a sweet treat or trying to get rid of a few extra carrots give this recipe a try. If you want to lear how to make your own Frosted Carrot Cake Blondies Recipe follow along step by step and don't forget to check out my video! Let's go!

• Hamilton Beach Hand Mixer
• 9x9 Baking Dish
• Cuisinart Oven Mitts
• Coconut Oil Cooking Spray

For the Blondies

• 8 ounces unsalted butter, melted
• 1 ½ cups (302 g) brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 large egg (room temperature)
• 1 egg yolk (room temperature)
• 1 cup carrots (340 g), finely grated
• 1 ½ cups plus 2 tablespoons (255 g) all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup (60 g) chopped pecans

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 4 ounces unsalted butter (room temperature)
• 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups confectioners (260 g) sugar
• ½ cup (60 g) chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 C). Line a 9x9" inch baking pan with parchment paper and lightly spray with non-stick baking spray.

In a large bowl add the melted butter, brown sugar, and vanilla and combined until smooth.

Beat in the egg and egg yolk

Fold in the carrots. Make sure your carrots are finely shredded, you dont want big chunks of them running thought out your blondies.

In a medium bowl add in the flour, ginger, cinnamon, and salt and whisk to combine.

Fold in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients to combined.

Stir in chopped pecans. Your batter should smell incredible because of the spices.

Pour batter into prepared pan, smooth the top.

Place pan in the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the center is firm. Cool blondies completely!

Frosting In a large bowl beat the cream cheese butter and vanilla and beat on medium speed until smooth.

Slowly add in the confectioners sugar, one cup at a time and beat until smooth.

Frost cooled bars by simply scooping the frosting onto the blondies and smoothing it evenly across the top. Sprinkle with pecans. Cut and serve.

Enjoy!

If you prefer a video tutorial, you can watch it here!