Paula Deens Holiday Spice Cake Food

PAULA DEEN'S HOLIDAY SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Quick buttercream: Beat the butter, shortening, and salt together until creamy with an electric mixer. Add half the confectioners' sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Then gradually beat in the remaining confectioners' alternating with the vanilla and cream until it is all incorporated and the frosting is very light and fluffy.
• Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour three (8-inch) round cake pans.
• In a small mixing bowl whisk together dry ingredients: cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and ground cloves.
• Cream the butter, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the dry ingredients and the buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• When the batter is well mixed and smooth, divide it among the three prepared cake pans and bake about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes come out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes then turn out to cool completely. If the cake layers have domed a little during the baking process, slice off the tops with a long, serrated knife so they are flat and even.
• Place the first layer, cut side down, on a cake pedestal or serving plate. Spoon about 3/4 cup of buttercream onto the center of the cake. Spread it almost to the very edges with an offset spatula. Repeat with the remaining two layers. Garnish the top of the cake with finely chopped nuts and cocoa powder.

PAULA DEEN'S SPICY CINNAMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan.
• Combine cake mix, instant pudding, sour cream, eggs, and corn oil and beat together well.
• In a separate bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, and pecans.
• Pour half of batter into prepared pan and sprinkle with sugar mixture, reserving a little to sprinkle on top.
• Pour the rest of batter into pan and sprinkle with the rest of sugar mixture.
• Bake 1 hour. Let cool and remove from pan.

BUTTERMILK SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour 2 (9-inch) cake pans. In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, cream the brown sugar and butter. With the mixer running, add the oil in a steady stream. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt into a medium-size mixing bowl. Alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk to the batter, mixing well. With the electric mixer, in another large mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then fold them into the cake batter. Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pans. Bake until the center springs back when touched, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on wire racks. After the cakes have cooled, invert them onto sheets of parchment paper. Slice each cake in half and set aside.

SPICY CINNAMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 °F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan. Combine cake mix, instant pudding, sour cream, eggs, and vegetable oil and beat together well. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon and pecans. Pour half of batter into prepared pan and sprinkle with sugar mixture, reserving a little to sprinkle on top. Pour the rest of batter into pan and sprinkle with the rest of sugar mixture. Bake 1 hour. Let cool and remove from pan.

RUM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Grease entire 12-cup tube pan and line bottom with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
• In a small bowl, combine milk, rum and vanilla.
• Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle evenly with chopped pecans.
• Bake 1 hour and 10-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes clean.
• Pierce top of cake 8-10 times with a thin skewer. Pour Rum Glaze over hot cake.
• Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, invert onto wire rack and let cool completely. Serve cake pecan side up.
• Rum Glaze:.
• In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved.

PAULA DEEN'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease a 13x9x2" baking pan.
• Cream together the granulated sugar and shortening until fluffy using an electric mixer.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well.
• In another bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir the raisins and nuts into the flour mixture.
• Add the flour mixture and applesauce alternately to the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with the flour.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until the center of the cake is firm to the touch.
• Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

PAULA DEEN'S FRESH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Grease 10" tube pan, combine 3 Tablespoons sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon, coat pan with sugar mixture.
• Mix flour, soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon; set aside. Beat oil and sugar until blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and then stir in apples and vanilla. Add flour mixture until blended; stir in pecans and raisins.
• Transfer to pan and then drop and shake the pan to release bubbles.
• Bake 1 1/2 hours - 1 3/4 hours until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on rack 15 minutes, remove from pan and glaze.