Carrot Cake Fudge Food

CARROT CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly butter and line a 8 inch square cake pan with parchment paper. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ginger. Set aside.
• Whisk the oil and sugars together in a bowl until well blended. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time until incorporated.
• Stir in the flour mixture until just blended, then stir in the carrots and grated ginger.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a tester in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack, peel off the parchment paper and cool completely.
• Make the frosting by whip together all the frosting ingredients in a stand mixer until full and fluffy. Frost your cake and enjoy!

CHOCOLATE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, make cake mix as directed on box. Beat in cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Pour into pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, beat in powdered sugar until frosting is smooth and creamy. Spread on top of cake. Cut into 4 rows by 3 rows. Cover and refrigerate any remaining cake.

LYNN'S CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cocoa, set aside. In another bowl, stir together the eggs, vanilla and oil. Stir in the dry ingredients until they are completely absorbed. Fold in the carrots and pineapple. Pour the batter evenly between the three prepared pans.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. To make the frosting, combine the cream cheese, butter and confectioners sugar in a medium bowl. Beat until smooth, then stir in the coconut and nuts. Frost cake when cool.

CARROT CAKE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a large sauce pan combine the butter, 3 cups white chips, and can of sweetened condensed milk. Stir over low heat until melted and smooth.
• Stir in the dry cake mix 1/4 cup at a time until thoroughly combined.
• Stir in the marshmallow cream. Keep stirring to keep the fudge from sticking on the bottom.
• Pour into prepared pan. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• In another saucepan, melt the 1 cup of white chips over low heat until they are soft and kind of melted.
• Stir in the cream cheese frosting and marshmallow cream when the chips are melted.
• Pour the cream cheese fudge mixture over the carrot cake layer and smooth out. Let cool 10 minutes.
• Press the M&M's into the top in a grid pattern. Chill in the fridge 1 hour before cutting.

SWEET CANDIED CARROTS

Steps:

• Place carrots in a large saucepan; add 1 in. of water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and set aside. , In the same pan, combine the butter, brown sugar, salt and pepper; cook and stir until butter is melted. Return carrots to the pan; cook and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until glazed.

CARROT CAKE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line the bottom of an 8 X 8 inch pan with Parchment paper, In a bowl melt butter until soft, add sugar, and vanilla, stir until combined.
• Place 1 cup of flour in a microwave safe dish and microwave for 1 minute 15 seconds, then add to butter mixture, stir until combined.
• Add condensed milk to flour mixture and stir, then add melted chocolate and stir until the chocolate is completely mixed
• Divide batter into two bowls, tinting half of the batter orange.
• Next, add the orange fudge to dish and spread evenly into the corners.
• Add a layer of carrot cake Oreos over the top of the orange layer of fudge. Then, add the white layer of fudge on top of that and top with broken Oreo cookies.
• Let stand in fridge for a couple hours, slice into squares and serve!

CARROT CAKE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line an 8x8 pan with aluminum foil and set aside.
• Melt the white chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk together over medium heat until smooth and combined, stirring often. Alternatively, melt in the microwave. Microwave for 1 minute at half power, stir well, and then continue to microwave at 30 second intervals stirring very well until just combined.
• Stir in the carrot baby food, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Pour into the aluminum foil lined pan.
• Refrigerate at least four hours to set. Cut and serve.

SIGRID'S CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat oven to 350˚. Grease two 8-inch round cake pans. Line the pans with parchment and grease the parchment. Dust the pans with flour.
• Whisk the granulated sugar, oil, and eggs in a large bowl. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and stir to combine. Then, add the carrots and mix well.
• Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in the pans on a rack, then run a butter knife around the edges of the pans and remove the cakes to the rack to cool completely. Remove the parchment.
• For the frosting: In large bowl, beat the butter and cream cheese with a mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Put one cake layer on a platter and spread with frosting, then top with the other layer. Frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting. Top the cake with the pecans.

CARROT CAKE FUDGE

Steps:

• Prepare an 8x8 pan by lining it with aluminum foil and spraying the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2. In a large microwave-safe bowl, place the butter, flour, sugar, 1 tablespoon of milk, carrots, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla.
• Microwave on high power for two minutes.
• Transfer the mixture to a mixer and beat it with a paddle attachment and beat until well-mixed. Add another spoonful of milk if necessary to make it smooth. Stir in the nuts and raisins by hand.
• Pour the fudge into the prepared pan and smooth it into an even layer.
• Refrigerate the fudge for 3-4 hours or overnight, until firm. To serve, cut the fudge into small 1-inch squares. Store fudge in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.

CARROT LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• If you have time to do it the night before, put the orange zest and juice in a bowl with the sultanas. If you don't have time simply stir the zest, juice and sultanas together and microwave on Medium for 1-2 mins.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and grease and line the base and sides of a 2lb loaf tin. Whisk together the oil and eggs. Mix together the sugar, flours, mixed spice, cinnamon and bicarb in your largest mixing bowl. Add the sultanas with any juice and zest left in the bowl, grated carrot, walnuts and whisked egg mixture into the dry ingredients, then thoroughly mix with a wooden spoon. Tip into the loaf tin and bake on the middle shelf for 1 hr, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool the cake in the tin.
• Once cool, remove from the tin and make the icing. With an electric whisk beat together butter, cinnamon and icing sugar until it comes together and is smooth. It takes a little while to come together (will look like breadcrumbs for a bit). Add the cream cheese and beat briefly until soft and smooth. Be careful not to overbeat or the cream cheese may split and become runny. Spread over the top of the cake and decorate with walnut halves.
• If you have time to do it the night before, put the orange zest and juice in a bowl with the sultanas. If you don't have time simply stir the zest, juice and sultanas together and microwave on Medium for 1-2 mins.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and grease and line the base and sides of a 2lb loaf tin. Whisk together the oil and eggs. Mix together the sugar, flours, mixed spice, cinnamon and bicarb in your largest mixing bowl. Add the sultanas with any juice and zest left in the bowl, grated carrot, walnuts and whisked egg mixture into the dry ingredients, then thoroughly mix with a wooden spoon. Tip into the loaf tin and bake on the middle shelf for 1 hr, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool the cake in the tin.
• Once cool, remove from the tin and make the icing. With an electric whisk beat together butter, cinnamon and icing sugar until it comes together and is smooth. It takes a little while to come together (will look like breadcrumbs for a bit). Add the cream cheese and beat briefly until soft and smooth. Be careful not to overbeat or the cream cheese may split and become runny. Spread over the top of the cake and decorate with walnut halves.

GOLDEN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour pans.
• Sift together, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
• In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, then add both sugars.
• Let stand until sugars dissolve, approximately 10 minutes.
• Stir in oil, carrots, applesauce, pineapple with juice, nuts, (and raisins if added).
• Stir in dry ingredients and beat until well blended, approximately 3 minutes.
• Turn into 3, greased and floured, 9-inch round cake pans, or one 13 x 9 x 12 inch square cake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 35 to 45 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• Cool in pans for approximately 10 minutes, then turn on to wire wracks until completely cooled before frosting.
• Frosting Preparations:.
• Combine butter, (margarine) cream cheese and vanilla in a large bowl,.
• beat until well blended.
• Add powdered sugar, gradually sifting into mixture.
• Beat at high speed.
• (If frosting is too thick, add a drop or two of milk to spreading consistency).
• Add food coloring, or frosting coloring to frosting if desired.
• Decorate with cute little carrots, with green toppings. Be creative!
• Hope you enjoy my variation of this classic cake!