Autumn Carrot Spice Cake A Bundt Cake Food

AUTUMN CARROT SPICE CAKE (A BUNDT CAKE)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a large bundt pan.
• 2. Put the first ten ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well with a whisk.
• 3. Add the flour and mix with a wooden spoon just until mixed. Do not over mix.
• 4. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
• 5. Bake for 55-60 minutes on center rack of oven. Test with pick.
• 6. Cool on rack for 15 minutes, then release to cool completely on rack.
• 7. In a medium bowl mix all the frosting ingredients together with a wooden spoon.
• 8. Frost the cooled cake with the frosting, using a butter knife.
• 9. Sprinkle a little pumpkin pie spice atop cake for added color.
• 10. Keeps at room temp on a cake plate with a dome.

AUTUMN SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Generously grease and flour a 15-cup bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Add sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, and salt. Beat on high speed for 8-10 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix in vanilla, flour, 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, and baking powder until smooth.
• In a small bowl, stir together pecans, remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar, and remaining 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice.
• Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle pecan mixture over batter. Top with remaining batter.
• Using a knife, pull blade back and forth through batter to swirl. Smooth the top with of the batter with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon.
• Place the cake in a cold oven. Set temperature to 300 degrees and bake until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean, approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Let cool in pan 10 minutes before turning on to a wire rack to cool completely. Slice and serve with caramel sauce, if desired.

CARROT SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly grease a 10-inch bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, whisk together oil with sugar, then eggs and vanilla, Stir in flour mixture until blended. Stir in carrots and apple. Scrape into prepared pan and smooth top as best you can.
• Bake in a 350F oven until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean, 45-50 minutes.
• Remove from oven. Let stand in pan on rack for 15 minutes. Run knife around edge, then carefully turn out onto cooling rack to cool completely before icing.
• ICING:.
• In a large bowl, and using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese with butter until smooth and creamy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until thick spreadable consistency. Beat in vanilla and lemon juice until blended. Add a little more confectioners' sugar if mixture is too runny to spread. Swirl on top and sides of cake.

CARROT BUNDT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE GLAZE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
• Add lemon zest, oil, extract and lemon juice
• Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to wet mixture
• Stir in carrots, raisins, and nuts
• Pour into a bundt pan that has been greased well
• Bake at 325 degrees F for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean
• Cool for 10 minutes, carefully remove from pan and pour on glaze while cake is still warm
• For the glaze, in a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, icing sugar, cream of tar tar, powdered milk, water, and extract until smooth
• Mixture should be quite thick
• Pour over warm cake letting glaze drip down the sides
• Cool to room temperature before serving