Carrot Cake With Raisin Walnuts Semi Homemade Food

CLAUDIA LAMASCOLO

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Make cake as directed on package stirring in carrots and drained pineapple.
• Note: If you love more in your cake than on the frosting add pecans or walnuts and raisins, fold in 1/2 cup of each at this step
• Pour into any size pan bundt, 13 x 9 or 2 - 9 inch round pans that have been greased. (You can also use two 8 inch well-greased cake pans. Even use pans that are characters ( example for Easter I use a bunny-shaped pan)
• Bake 25 minutes, depending on what kind of pan you use. Use the toothpick method in the center to check if it comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting the cake.
• For the Frosting:
• Beat cream cheese and sugar with a mixer until well blended, add whipped topping.
• Spread over cooled cake and top with a mixture of nuts, coconut, and raisins.
• Keep refrigerated.

SIGNATURE HOMEMADE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease 2 (10-inch) cake pans and set aside. Mix together in a large bowl the oil, sugar, eggs, carrots, nuts, pineapple, coconut and raisins. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add the carrot mixture and blend. Pour the batter into the cake pans and bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until done. Remove from oven and cool for 30 minutes. Release the cakes from the pans and cool completely before cutting and frosting. Cut cakes in 3 equal layers (a total of 6 layers). Assemble the carrot cake one layer at a time. Finish the carrot cake with a layer of cream cheese frosting on top. Do not frost the side of the cake. This gives the cake that special homemade country-style look. Garnish with toasted walnuts and coconuts.
• For the frosting: Beat together the cream cheese, butter, and vegetable shortening for 15 minutes. Mixture must be very smooth and light. Add the confectioners' sugar and the vanilla and mix until smooth (about 3 minutes).

SPICED WALNUT CARROT CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, toss together the carrots, walnuts, pineapple, raisins, and coconut with 1/2 cup of the flour to coat them and keep them from sinking to the bottom of the cake batter.
• Sift together the remaining 1 1/2 cups flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt.
• In a mixer with a whip attachment, mix the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy (the "ribbon" stage) then drizzle in the vegetable oil. Fold in the dry ingredients and pour over the carrot mixture. Fold carefully to blend, then pour the batter into a buttered, floured 10 by 3-inch cake pan containing a circle of parchment paper in the bottom. Bake until firm to the touch in the center, about 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Let cool on a rack and then turn out. Dust the top with powdered sugar and cut into wedges to serve.

CARROT WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• CREAM CHEESE GLAZE 8 oz Cream cheese, softened 1 Tbsp Lemon juice 1 tsp Grated lemon peel 1 1/2 cup Confectioners sugar 1/2 cup Coarsely chopped walnuts This is billed as the richest carrot cake recipe ever.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10-by-4-inch tube pan.
• Sift flour with baking powder, soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Wash and pare carrots; grate on medi um grater or use coarse blade of food processor.
• Should measure 4 cups.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• In large bowl of mixer, at high speed, beat butter and brown and granulated sugars, occasionally scraping side of bowl with rubber scraper, until light and fluffy-about 4 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition until smooth and light. In measuring cup, combine lemon and orange peels and juices.
• At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths), alternately with lemon-orange mixture (in thirds), beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat just until smooth-about 1 minute. With wooden spoon, stir in grated carrot, nuts and raisins; mix well.
• Turn into the prepared tube pan; spread evenly.
• Bake 60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in center of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack 20 minutes, to cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, make cream-cheese glaze: In medium bowl, combine cream cheese, lemon juice, lemon peel and confectioners' sugar.
• With portable electri c mixer at high speed, beat mixture until smooth.
• Set aside. Gently loosen edge of cake with spatula.
• Turn out of pan onto rack.
• Spread glaze over top of the warm cake, letting it run down side of cake. Carefully remove cake to cake platter.
• Sprinkle chopped walnuts around top edge of cake. Serves 12.

CARROT CAKE WITH RAISIN & WALNUTS-SEMI HOMEMADE

Steps:

• 1. These were the main ingredients for this cake, and I chose to use Heavy whipping Cream instead of water, and added Vietnamese Cinnamon to give the cake more flavor.
• 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using a large Mixing bowl, add cake mix & cinnamon, stir well till blended together. Add in oil, heavy whipping cream, & large eggs. Beat till blended together. Next add in nuts and golden raisins, then stir with a large spoon till blended together.
• 3. Prepare two 8 inch cake pans with Bakers Joy cooking spray, or non stick cooking spray. Pour in cake batter.
• 4. Bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven for 32 to 38 minutes or until when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, or as directed on package.
• 5. Remove and place on wire rack until cool about 10 minutes. Then invert cake onto cake platter, and frost as desired.
• 6. I chose to frost top of cake, then top the frosting with the pineapple fillling.
• 7. Repeat with second layer if desired, then frost sides, and add candy sprinkles if desired. Quick easy and simple and taste somewhat homemade.
• 8. Frost as desired and add sprinkles if desired. Whipping cream make cake very moist.

CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• For cake---------------.
• Put raisins in a bowl and cover with boiling water.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 9" x 13" cake pan.
• Sift flour, soda, cinnamon and salt together.
• Beat eggs, butter, milk, sugar and vanilla together.
• Drain water from raisins with a sieve.
• Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix well.
• Stir in pineapple, carrots, walnuts, coconuts and raisins and mix.
• Pour into pan and bake for about one hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow to cool for 20 minutes before removing from pan.
• Cool completely before Icing.
• For frosting----------------.
• Beat butter and cream cheese.
• Add vanilla and sugar and blend well.

SHORTCUT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 350°F, and spray baking pans with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package, stirring in carrots, pineapple and 3/4 cup of the pecans until well blended.
• Pour into 2 (9-inch) square baking pans.
• Bake 25 to 30 minute or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool.
• MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer or wire whisk until well blended.
• Stir in whipped topping until well blended.
• PLACE 1 cake layer on serving plate.
• Spread with 1-1/2 cups of the cream cheese mixture.
• Carefully place second cake layer on top of first cake layer.
• Frost top and sides of cake with remaining cream cheese mixture.
• Garnish with remaining 1/4 cup pecans.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

ROB'S CARROT CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE WALNUTS AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Set the oven to 180C/350F and prepare 2 7inch round cake pans by covering the base with greaseproof paper lightly greasing on both sides.
• Sift dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Dry the pineapple between pieces of kitchen roll, and put along with the lemon rind, carrot and raisins into the large bowl with the dry ingredients coating everything evenly with the flour mixture (best to use your hands).
• Beat the eggs into the oil and milk and add the vanilla essence. Pour onto dry ingredients and mix lightly but thoroughly making sure all ingredients are incorporated.
• Divide evenly between cake pans and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick or skewer comes out clean when inserted.
• Leave to cool in the pan for 10mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Make the icing by beating together the cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Spread a very thin layer in the middle of the cake, and use the rest to ice the top.
• Put the orange rind in the middle of the cake as decoration.

CARROT RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Toss raisins with 2 tablespoons flour; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the brown sugar, oil and eggs until well blended. In another large bowl, combine the remaining flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in carrots and reserved raisins. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55-60 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.; add orange juice and vanilla. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; beating until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Spread over cake. Store in the refrigerator.

CARROT RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9" x 13" inch pan.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• Beat oil, eggs and vanilla until smooth.
• Add the egg mixture to the flour and mix with wooden spoon until smooth.
• Stir in carrots, coconut, 1 cup hazelnuts, raisins and pineapple.
• Pour into pan and bake at 350F for about 45 minutes.
• Sides should pull away from pan.
• Don't worry if the center sinks a bit, it's OK.
• Cool completely on a rack.
• Using an electric mixer combine the butter and cream cheese until smooth and well mixed.
• Add the confectioners sugar and 1/2 cup hazelnuts and beat until well mixed.
• Spread icing over cooled cake.

WALNUT-RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*. Grease and flour well a 10-inch kuchen, bundt or tube pan. in large bowl, combine walnuts, cherries and raisins with 1/2 C bourbon; mix well. Let stand at room temperature several hours or overnight- liquid will be absorbed.
• On sheet of waxed paper, sift flour with baking powder, salt and nutmeg; set aside. In large bowl of electric mixer, at medium speed, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth and light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat at medium speed 4 minutes, occaisonally scraping side of bowl. Batter will become thick and lighter in color. At low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture until smooth.
• Add to fruit; mix with wooden spoon to combine well. Turn into prepared pan; smooth top with spatula. Bake in center of oven 1 hour and 20 minutes in kuchen pan; 1 hour 15 minutes in bundt pan; 1 hour and 10 minutes in tube pan.
• Cake tester inserted in center should come out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 20 minutes. Use small spatula to loosen cake around inside; invert on wire rack; cool completely. In small bowl, soak a large piece of cheesecloth in 1/2 C bourbon.
• Stretch cheesecloth on large piece of foil. Place cake in center. Wrap cake in cheesecloth; then wrap in foil. Refrigerate several days to mellow. (Will keep several weeks in refrigerator). To serve, slice thinly; let warm to room temperature.