Orange Nut Raisin Cake Food

ORANGE RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Combine raisins, nuts, and orange peel; put thru food grinder; set aside.
• Cream together 1 c sugar and butter.
• Add eggs and vanilla, beating until fluffy.
• Stir in ground orange peel-nut mixture.
• Sift together cake flour, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternatively with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
• Turn batter into greased 9x9x2" baking pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees appx 45 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
• In small saucepan, heat together 1 cup sugar and orange juice until sugar dissolves.
• Prick top of cake all over w/ fork.
• Spoon orange juice mixture over warm cake.

ORANGE NUT RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Sieve flour salt and baking powder together.
• In a separate bowl, mix chopped nuts and raisins. Coat them together with a tsp of flour to avoid them sinking to the bottom of the cake pan.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time; beat for 1-2 minutes on a slow speed mixer.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternating with the orange juice.
• Mix well.
• Add nuts and raisins; mix with a wooden spoon.
• Pour in greased dish and bake at 175°c for about 60 minutes.
• Let cool well before serving
• (My cake usually cooks even before one hour and at times takes longer to brown, however keep checking and don't overcook or else it would loose its moistness).

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.

APPLE ORANGE-RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees (oven rack to second-lowest position).
• Butter a 10-inch springform pan.
• For the topping: mix together brown sugar, flour and cinnamon; blend in butter, then mix in nuts; set aside.
• For the cake: In a bowl mix together chopped apples, raisins, 2 tablespoons white sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. cinnamon.
• In another bowl beat together brown sugar, white sugar and oil for about 3 minutes.
• Add in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add in orange rind and vanilla; mix till combined.
• In another small bowl, mix together flour, baking soda baking powder and salt.
• In another small bowl whisk together the orange juice with sour cream; then add the flour mixture and sour cream mixture to the egg mixture, mixing JUST until blended.
• Stir in HALF of the apple mixture into the batter; mix to combine.
• Spread HALF of the batter into prepared baking pan.
• Top with remaining apple mixture then sprinkle the topping mixture on top.
• Bake for about 50-60 minutes, or until cake tests done.

OLD-FASHIONED RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the orange, raisins and pecans. Cover and process until mixture is finely chopped; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in orange mixture. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. flouted tube pan. Bake at 325° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients until smooth; drizzle over warm cake.

APPLE RAISIN NUT SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375* next Grease and flour a Bundt pan.
• Except for the Sugar, Sift Dry Ingredients together into a large mixing bowl. Add Sugar, beaten Eggs, Applesauce, Molasses, Orange juice, Raisins, Apples and Nuts. Batter should be thick.
• Pour Batter into the bundt pan and Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let cake cool, remove from pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar or make a glaze.