Carrot Zucchini Bars With Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

LEMON ZUCCHINI BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, oil, eggs, lemon rind, and lemon juice; mix well. Stir in shredded zucchini.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add this mixture to the zucchini mixture. Stir until thoroughly combined; mix in the walnuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Cool. Sprinkle cake with sifted confectioners' sugar and cut into bars.
• Sprinkle top with sifted confectioners' sugar and cut into bars.

ZUCCHINI BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in the zucchini. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• To make the frosting, blend together the margarine, cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over warm cake. Allow cake to cool completely before cutting into bars.

CARROT ZUCCHINI BARS WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, brown sugar, oil, honey, and vanilla. Don't worry about clumps of the brown sugar, those will dissolve as it sits while you prepare the remaining ingredients. Then fold in the carrot, zucchini, and walnuts.
• In another bowl combine add the flour, baking powder, ginger, and baking soda. Whisk to blend together.
• Add to flour mixture to the wet mixture. Stir just until combined. Spread batter into a greased 13x9 inch baking pan.
• Bake about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• Once the cake is cooled prepare the frosting. In a medium mixing bowl, beat the fosting ingredients with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Spread or pipe the frosting over the cooled bars.

CARROT AND ZUCCHINI BARS WITH CITRUS-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, ginger and baking soda.
• In another large bowl, combine eggs, carrot, zucchini, oil, honey, vanilla and walnuts and raisins, if used.
• Add carrot mixture to flour mixture, stirring until just combined.
• Spread batter into an ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack.
• Frosting:in a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese with powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy.
• Fold in lemon/orange zest.
• Frost and store in the refrigerator.
• Cut into bars to serve.