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Carrot Cake Quick Bread

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  • Prep 25 min
  • Total 2 hr 20 min
  • Servings 16
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This treat boasts the flavors of carrot cake in a quick bread form. It’s bursting with carrots, walnuts, cinnamon and nutmeg and is finished off with sweet cream cheese frosting.
Updated Aug 31, 2017

Ingredients

Bread

  • 1 box (15.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 cups coarsely shredded peeled carrots (3 medium)
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts

Frosting

  • 4 oz (half of 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottoms only of two 8x4-inch loaf pans with cooking spray.
  • 2
    In large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, water, eggs, cinnamon and nutmeg with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in carrots and walnuts. Divide batter evenly between pans.
  • 3
    Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around edges to loosen loaf. Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
  • 4
    In small bowl, beat Frosting ingredients with spoon until smooth. Frost tops of loaves. When ready to serve, cut into slices. Cover and refrigerate any remaining bread.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Short on time? Use 1 cup Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting instead of the scratch-made frosting. Spread 1/2 cup frosting on top of each loaf.
  • tip 2
    To quickly soften cream cheese, remove from wrapper, and place on microwavable plate; microwave uncovered on High about 15 seconds or just until softened.

Nutrition

260 Calories, 15g Total Fat, 3g Protein, 30g Total Carbohydrate, 18g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
260
Calories from Fat
130
Total Fat
15g
22%
Saturated Fat
4 1/2g
23%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
60mg
19%
Sodium
260mg
11%
Potassium
100mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
30g
10%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
18g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
50%
50%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
8%
8%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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