Raisin Spice Cake Microwave Food

5 MINUTE SPICE CAKE IN MICROWAVE

Steps:

• Put the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and brown sugar into a 4 cup microwaveable bowl; mix well.
• Add oil, molasses, water and egg; mix well.
• Microwave for 3 minutes.
• Cool slightly, and serve with ice cream, whipping cream, or raisin sauce.

RAISIN SPICE CAKE (MICROWAVE)

Steps:

• Mix the raisins, brown sugar, water, shortening, molasses and spices in a microwaveable container.
• Microwave on high for 5-7 minutes until it is boiling.
• Cool slightly.
• Mix the flour and baking soda together.
• Add to the raisin mixture.
• Pour into a greased 8 inch microwave pan and bake on HIGH 5 minutes or until the centre is done (test with a toothpick).
• Tastes great with a brown sugar icing.

ZUCCHINI RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Best if prepared with food processor:.Process dry ingredients about 10 seconds to blend. Empty into a large mixing bowl. Process nuts until chopped, about 6 seconds. Empty into a small bowl.
• Using grater: Grate unpeeled zucchini, using medium pressure. Empty into a measuring cup and measure loosely packed.
• Steel knife: process eggs with sugar for 1 minute. Do not insert pusher in feed tube. While machine running, Add oil and vanilla through tube. Process about 45 seconds. Add zucchini and process 8-10 seconds. Remove cover and add dry ingredients. SEE NOTE. Process 3 or 4 quick bursts, just until flour disappears. Sprinkle nuts and raisins over batter . Give 1 0r 2 more quick bursts.
• Pour batter into greased and floured 9" by 13" baking pan, or 12-cup Bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan. Can be iced or glazed when cool, but it's great just plain. Keeps very well in fridge and freezes well.
• NOTE: This amount of batter will nearly completely FILL the bowl of standard sized food processors, but probably not overflow. You can add zucchini mixture to dry ingredients in mixing bowl, Mix with wooden spoon until blended then add nuts and raisins, or dates.

RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine raisins and water. Cook until plump. Drain and set aside raisins, reserving 10 tablespoons cooking liquid. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Combine flour, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg and salt; set aside. Combine milk, soda, eggs and reserved cooking liquid. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in cooked raisins. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until cake test done. Cool on a wire rack. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine raisins and water. Cook until plump. Drain and set aside raisins, reserving 10 tablespoons cooking liquid. , In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Combine flour, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg and salt; set aside. Combine milk, soda, eggs and reserved cooking liquid. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in cooked raisins. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

RAISIN SPICE LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, mix together margarine, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, salt, raisins and water.
• Bring to a boil and boil gently for 5 minutes.
• Let cool to room temperature.
• To this cooled mixture, add flour, soda. Mix well.
• Place in a tube pan and bake at 350oF for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Alternatively place in individual loaf pans and reduce cooking time accordingly.

MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE ORANGE RAISIN CAKES WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Make the cake:
• Line the bottoms of two 1-cup microwave-safe ramekins with wax paper and fasten a wax paper collar 2 inches high around each ramekin. In a microwave-safe measuring cup stir together the raisins and the Grand Marnier and microwave the mixture at high power (100%) for 1 minute. In a bowl whisk together the brown sugar and the oil and whisk in the egg, the milk, the flour, the cocoa powder, the cinnamon, the baking soda, and the salt. Stir in the raisin mixture, combine the batter well, and divide it between the ramekins. Microwave the cakes at medium power (50%) for 2 minutes. Let the cakes stand on a rack for 5 minutes. Run a thin knife around the edges of the ramekins, invert the cakes onto the rack, removing the wax paper carefully, and let them cool slightly.
• Make the glaze:
• In a 1-pint microwave-safe glass measure combine the cream, the butter, the chocolate, and a pinch of salt, microwave the mixture at high power (100%) for 1 minute, or until the cream comes to a boil, and stir it until it is smooth.
• Set the rack with the cakes over a baking sheet and pour the glaze over the cakes, spreading it as necessary to coat the tops and sides.

CZECH RAISIN SPICE CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Boil raisins in water for10 minutes.
• Remove from heat; add shortening and lemon juice.
• Cool.
• Sift salt, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, flour, and baking soda.
• Add to raisin mixture; beat well.
• Add egg; beat again; add walnuts.
• Pour into a greased cake pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes until done.
• FROSTING:.
• For frosting, melt butter and brown sugar.
• Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add milk and continue stirring until mixture mixture comes to a boil.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Add powdered sugar until right spreading consistancy.