Pecan Carrot Bundt Cake Food

PECAN CARROT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in lemon and orange zest. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with juices. Stir in carrots, raisins and pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. , For frosting, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Frost cake; sprinkle with pecans.

CARROT-PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Cut 3 carrots into 1/2-inch-thick rounds. Place a steamer basket in a medium saucepan containing 1 inch of water. Bring water to a boil; add carrots. Steam until fork-tender, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl, and mash with a fork to yield 1 cup; set aside. Grate the remaining 2 carrots to yield 1 cup, and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch-round Bundt or angel-food cake pan with margarine, and dust with matzo meal. In a small bowl, whisk together 1/3 cup potato starch, ground pecans, cinnamon, and allspice; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat all 4 egg yolks and brown sugar on medium-high speed until mixture holds a ribbonlike trail on the surface for 3 seconds when you raise the whisk. Add mashed carrots, orange zest, and margarine. Continue beating until mixture is light in color. Transfer to a large bowl. Wash and dry mixer bowl and attachment.
• Place egg whites in the mixer bowl, and beat on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. With the mixer running, slowly pour in the superfine sugar, and beat until stiff and glossy. Fold both the egg-white and potato-starch mixtures into the egg-yolk mixture. Fold in raisins, chopped pecans, and grated carrots. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Transfer pan to oven; bake until a cake tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool, about 2 hours.
• To unmold the cake, hold the pan in a hot-water bath for 10 seconds, then invert the cake onto a serving platter. Place granulated sugar and remaining 1/2 teaspoon potato starch in the bowl of a food processor. Process 2 minutes. Before removing the lid of the bowl, let dust settle. Transfer mixture to a fine sieve, and dust cake.

WINNING CRANBERRY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and mix well. Fold in cranberries and pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 8-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

HONEY PECAN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare a 10-inch bundt pan (use Non-Stick Spray or Butter & Flour).
• Mix together dry ingredients by stirring flour with baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt.
• In a seperate bowl, use a hand-beater to beat butter until light & fluffy. Slowly beat in honey and then eggs.
• Beat in sugar and vanilla.
• Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in thirds, stirring until just absorbed.
• Stir in carrots and pecans by hand.
• Pour batter into pan and smooth the top. Bake in oven centre for 55 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
• Cool on a rack.
• Icing:.
• Beat cream cheese, milk and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually add in icing sugar, 1 Cup at a time.
• Remove cooled cake from pans.
• Spread Icing over sides and top of cake.
• Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.

CARROT BUNDT CAKE WITH GLAZE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Generously grease a bundt pan or a 10-inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl using an electric mixer at medium speed blend the eggs with oil, white and brown sugar and vanilla until no sugar granules remain (about 3 minutes).
• In a bowl sift together flour with baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Add the flour mixture to the egg/oil mixture and beat until just combined.
• Mix in grated carrots and raisins.
• Pour into prepared bundt or tube pan.
• Bake for about 1 hour or until cake tests done.
• Cool cake for about 20 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool.
• Refrigerate until completely cold.
• For the glaze; beat the confectioners sugar with cream cheese, corn syrup and vanilla.
• Spread over cold cake.

CARROT-PECAN BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Butter and flour a bundt pan.
• Sift 2 ¾ cup flour, baking powder and all the spices into a bowl.
• Combine milk and vanilla in a separate bowl.
• Beat butter on high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Add sugar in 2 additions, beating 2 minutes between each addition.
• Add brown sugar; beat a further 2 minutes.
• Add 3 of the yolks; beat another 2 minutes.
• Add remaining 2 yolks and 3 of the whites; beat 4 minutes.
• On low speed, beat in flour mixture in 3 additions and milk mixture in 2, beginning and ending with flour.
• Stir in carrots and pecans.
• Beat remaining 2 whites until foamy, add pinch of salt; continue beating until firm, not stiff, peaks form.
• Fold carefully and thoroughly into cake batter.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in lower third of oven for 55 minutes to 1 hour.
• Just before serving, sprinkle with icing sugar.

CARROT-PECAN CHEESECAKE-SWIRL CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat 1 pkg. cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Set aside until ready to use.
• Prepare cake batter in large bowl with mixer as directed on package. Add dry pudding mix; beat 2 min. Stir in 1/2 cup nuts.
• Pour half the cake batter into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Spoon cream cheese mixture into ring over center of cake batter in pan; cover with remaining cake batter.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.
• Beat remaining cream cheese with powdered sugar and milk in medium bowl with mixer until blended; drizzle over cake. Sprinkle with remaining nuts.

PECAN-BOURBON BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Position oven rack in the lower middle position; preheat to 350°; prepare Bundt pan by making a paste from 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1 tablespoon flour; apply it with a pastry brush so you can thoroughly coat the surface of the pan, including all the nooks and crannies.
• Nut filling: Toss all the filling ingredients together in a bowl.
• Cake: Whisk the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl; in a small bowl, whisk buttermilk, molasses, bourbon, and vanilla together.
• In a big bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy--3 to 6 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, until combined, about 1 minute.
• Decrease mixer speed to low; beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture, followed by half of the buttermilk mixture; repeat with half the remaining flour mixture and the remaining buttermilk mixture.
• Beat in the remaining flour mixture until just incorporated.
• Scrape half the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top; sprinkle evenly with the nut filling.
• Scrape the remaining batter over the nuts and smooth the top.
• Wipe any drops of batter off the sides of the pan and gently tap the pan on the counter to settle the batter.
• Bake the cake until a wooden pick comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 50-60 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking.
• Let cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack; let cake cool completely, about 2 hours.
• Glaze: Whisk all the glaze ingredients together until smooth, then let sit until thickened, about 25 minutes.
• Drizzle the bourbon glaze over the top and sides of the cake; let glaze set, about 25 minutes, before serving.

CARROT CAKE WITH PECAN FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Line bottoms of 2 greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease paper., In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in pineapple. In another bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in carrots., Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until blended. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Stir in pecans., Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until serving.