Easy Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe

Easy Carrot Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

5 from 4 votes

Sheet cakes are great desserts! They travel well. They're easy to serve. And there are plenty of pieces for everyone! This moist carrot cake recipe is very easy, made with either pureed carrots or baby food, and can be ready in as little as an hour!

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Total Time35

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: carrot cake sheet cake, carrot cake with no pineapple, carrot sheet cake, easy carrot cake recipe, moist carrot cake

Servings: serving

Calories: 253kcal

Author: Mindee

Cost: 15

Ingredients

Carrot Cake:

4 Eggs
2 Cups Sugar
¾ Cups Olive Oil
1 ½ Cups Pureed Carrots OR 3 4 oz containers of Baby Food Carrots
2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
2 Cups Flour

Cream Cheese Frosting:

12 oz. Cream Cheese room temp.
6 Tbs. Butter room temp.
2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
4 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs until they are well beaten.
Add the sugar and oil. Mix well.
Add the baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon and flour. Mix just until combined.
Stir in the pureed or baby food carrots and mix well.
Pour the batter onto the prepared baking sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
For the cream cheese frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Add the vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat until smooth.
Frost the completely cooled carrot cake.
Store in the fridge.

Notes

To make pureed carrots, steam approximately 3 cups of diced carrots. Puree them in a blender or food processor, adding just enough water to make them a baby food consistency.
For a quick alternative to steaming and pureeing your own carrots, substitute 3 (4 oz) containers of baby food carrots. Trust me, it's exactly the same thing, and nobody will ever know you used baby food.
Sheet cakes are meant to be simple, so when it comes to decorating them, I like to keep it simple. Run a cake comb over the top of the frosting for decorative ridges, or add fun sprinkles like autumn leaves or Easter carrot sprinkles!

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