CARROT APPLE CAKE
This is a great pick-me-up snack cake with rich cream cheese frosting. Moist and delicious, perfect for anytime!
Provided by Karamia
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350*F and grease and flour a 9x9 inch baking pan.
- Mix together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together oil, sugars and eggs until well combined.
- Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients, until thoroughly mixed.
- Stir in grated carrots and apples until just combined and pour into baking pan.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until tests done in the center with a butter knife.
- Cool for 5 minutes then take out of pan to cool completely on a wire rack.
- For frosting, mix cream cheese and butter in a large bowl with a wooden spoon.
- Stir in lemon juice and vanilla then gradually start adding the confectioners' sugar until blended.
- Beat with an electric mixer to get frosting smooth, then frost top and sides of cooled cake.
- Cut into squares and serve, garnish with walnut halves and grated lemon peel, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 422.8, Fat 22.5, SaturatedFat 7, Cholesterol 58.5, Sodium 185.6, Carbohydrate 53.9, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 43.5, Protein 3.4
GRANDMA'S APPLE CARROT CAKE
Rich, moist and cinnamony, this old-fashioned cake recipe was handed down from our beloved Grandma Kelly. It's a perfect way to use up a few carrots and an apple...and it's ideal for smaller families, since it yields fewer servings.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 50m
Yield 9 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs, oil and sugars until smooth. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to egg mixture just until combined. Stir in carrots and apple., Spoon into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., In a small bowl, combine the frosting ingredients; beat until smooth. Spread over cake. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 392 calories, Fat 18g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 61mg cholesterol, Sodium 190mg sodium, Carbohydrate 56g carbohydrate (42g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
TOWERING PRALINE CARROT CAKE
If you want the sides of the cakes frosted, double the cream cheese frosting recipe. From BH&G.
Provided by gailanng
Categories Dessert
Time 1h39m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Grease and lightly flour three 9 x 1 1/2-inch round baking pans; set aside.
- In a covered medium saucepan cook carrots in a moderate amount of boiling water about 20 minutes or until very tender; drain.
- Cool carrots slightly. Coarsely mash with a potato masher.
- In a very large bowl stir together flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Make a well in center of flour mixture. Add vegetable oil, eggs, pineapple and vanilla extract. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until all ingredients are combined. Fold in mashed carrots, pecans and coconut.
- Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree F. oven 35 - 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean.
- Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely on racks. While layers are cooling, prepare cream cheese frosting.
- Cream Cheese Frosting:.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add cream cheese and vanilla extract; beat until fluffy. Stir in chopped pecans.
- Use pecan halves for garnish if desired.
- Praline Sauce:.
- In small saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and whipping cream. Bring to full boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat.
- Boil gently 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in vanilla extract. Cool.
- To Assemble: Place one cake layer, top side up, on a cake plate. Using about 1 cup of the frosting, pipe or spoon a rim about 1 inch wide and 1/2 inch high around outer edge of layer.
- Spoon about 2 tablespoons frosting into center, leaving an unfrosted ring. Spread about half of the praline sauce into the unfrosted ring. Sauce will not fill ring.
- Add second cake, top side up. Repeat frosting and filling steps using another 1 cup of the frosting and remaining praline sauce.
- Add third cake layer, top side up. Frost top and side with remaining frosting. If desired, garnish with additional chopped pecans.
- Cover. Store in refrigerator.
- Let refrigerated cake stand, covered, at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Or thaw frozen cake, covered, in refrigerator overnight. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 780.7, Fat 44.3, SaturatedFat 12.7, Cholesterol 108.9, Sodium 387.8, Carbohydrate 92.3, Fiber 3.2, Sugar 70, Protein 7.4
WILLIAM TELL'S NEVER-MISS APPLE CAKE
I bake my family-favorite fall cake to usher in this abundant season. It looks so luscious that eating one piece is nearly impossible. -Jamie Jones, Madison, Georgia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h30m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth; beat in egg. , For cake, in a large bowl, beat sugar, oil and eggs until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Stir in apples, carrots and pecans., Transfer half of the batter to prepared pan; layer with cream cheese mixture, then remaining batter. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in cake portion comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., For icing, in a large saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and milk; bring to a boil. Cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over cake. Sprinkle with pecans.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 614 calories, Fat 36g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 102mg cholesterol, Sodium 407mg sodium, Carbohydrate 68g carbohydrate (50g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
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