Best Jack Daniels Carrot Cake With Heavenly Frosting Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Old-Fashioned Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting image

A pleasingly moist cake, this treat is the one I requested that my mom make each year for my birthday. It's dotted with sweet carrots and a hint of cinnamon. The fluffy buttery frosting is scrumptious with chopped walnuts stirred in. One piece of this homemade carrot cake is never enough-better than all the other carrot cakes recipes I've tried!-Kim Orr, West Grove, Pennsylvania

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 1h5m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

4 large eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 to 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups grated carrots
FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons 2% milk
1 cup chopped walnuts, optional
Orange and green food coloring, optional

Steps:

In a large bowl, combine the eggs, sugar and oil. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt and nutmeg; beat into egg mixture. Stir in carrots., Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in another large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Add enough milk to achieve desired spreading consistency. Reserve 1/2 cup frosting for decorating if desired. If desired, stir walnuts into remaining frosting. , Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. If decorating the cake, tint 1/4 cup reserved frosting orange and 1/4 cup green. Cut a small hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag; insert #7 round pastry tip. Fill the bag with orange frosting. Pipe twelve carrots on top of cake, so each slice will have a carrot. Using #67 leaf pastry tip and the green frosting, pipe a leaf at the top of each carrot. , Store cake in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 531 calories, Fat 28g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 67mg cholesterol, Sodium 203mg sodium, Carbohydrate 68g carbohydrate (54g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 5g protein.

JACK DANIELS CHOCOLATE (BIRTHDAY) CAKE

Jack Daniels Chocolate (birthday) Cake image

I've had this recipe written in my personal recipe book for so long that I can't even begin to imagine it's source...but it's GOOD. This is a dense cake, so make sure to serve it with a light, complimentary side like fresh whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Provided by DeSouter

Categories Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup Jack Daniels Whiskey
1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
1 1/4 cups sweet butter
1 cup cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons Jack Daniels Whiskey

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325.
In a very large saucepan, heat and stir the water, Jack Daniels whiskey, coffee powder, butter and cocoa until the butter melts.
Remove from the heat and beat in the sugar.
Cool slightly and whisk in the eggs, blending thoroughly.
In a bowl, stir together the flour and baking powder.
Beat into the chocolate mixture until incorporated.
Stir in the pecans.
Turn the batter into a greased and floured 9 inch tube or bundt pan.
Smooth top with a spatula.
Bake in a 325 oven for 60-75 minutes (until a toothpick comes out clean).
Immediately sprinking with the 2 Tbsp of Jack Daniels whiskey.
Let cake cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove from cake pan.
Serve with gobs of fresh whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.