Ooey Gooey Carrot Butter Cake
If you’re looking for a delicious ooey gooey treat for Easter; my ooey gooey carrot butter cake is just the thing to wow your guests! This is a simple and easy recipe that tastes like you worked all day in the kitchen. But, in reality it’s just pantry ingredients including a box of cake mix, cream cheese, butter, carrots and shredded coconut! SO if you’ve got the fever for an ooey gooey carroty treat…let’s make it!!
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Ooey Gooey Carrot Butter Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box of carrot cake mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup of sweetened coconut flakes
- 1 cup of shredded carrots
- 8 oz. of cream cheese softened
- 2 sticks of softened butter
- 16 oz. of powdered sugar
Instructions
- First make the dough, combine: 1 box of cake mix, 1 stick of softened butter, 2 eggs and mix. Then mix in the shredded carrots and coconut flakes.
- Dip your fingers in ice water and press the dough into the bottom of a 9×13 greased baking dish
- In another bowl, add 1 softened block of cream cheese, 1 stick of softened butter, 2 eggs, and 16 oz. of powdered sugar.
- Scoop out 2 tbsp. of the powdered sugar and set aside for garnish
- Mix the ingredients together (it will be slightly lumpy)
- Pour the batter over the bottom layer and smooth it out.
- Bake in the oven at 350 degrees F for at least 1 hour.
- Remove from the oven, sprinkle powdered sugar over the top, and let it rest for at least 1 hour.
- Slice and serve them up! ENJOY! =-)
Notes
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This cake must cool for one hour before slicing…no cheating! =-)
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All you need is a box of cake mix (I used Super Moist Carrot cake mix by Betty Crocker), eggs, 8 oz. of cream cheese, butter, shredded carrots & coconut
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Fill a small bowl with ice. Dip your fingers in the ice water when forming your bottom crust, press down with your fingers for a smooth finish.
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Use a 9 x 13 size baking dish
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