❤️ Canada's Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients:
2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour
2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder
2 tsp (10 mL) cinnamon
1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
3/4 tsp (4 mL) salt
1/2 tsp (2 mL) nutmeg
3/4 cup (175 mL) granulated sugar
3/4 cup (175 mL) packed brown sugar
3 eggs
3/4 cup (175 mL) vegetable oil
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla
2 cups (500 mL) grated carrots
1 cup (250 mL) drained crushed canned pineapple
1/2 cup (125 mL) chopped pecans (optional)
Icing:
1 8 oz (250g) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup (60 mL) butter, softened
1/2 tsp (2 mL) vanilla
1 cup (250 mL) icing sugar (aka confectioners sugar and powdered sugar)
Preparation:
Grease and flour 13- x 9-inch (3.5 L) metal cake pan; (or 2 round pans) set aside.
In large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. In separate bowl, beat together granulated and brown sugars, eggs, oil and vanilla until smooth; pour over flour mixture and stir just until moistened. Stir in carrots, pineapple and pecans. Spread in prepared pan.
Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean (about 50 minutes in my oven.) Let cool in pan on rack. (Make-ahead: Cover with plastic wrap and store at room temperature for up to 2 days. Or ovenwrap with heavy duty foil and freeze for up to 2 weeks; let thaw before continuing.)
Icing: In bowl, beat cream cheese with butter until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Beat in icing sugar, one-third at a time, until smooth. Spread over top of cake. (Make-ahead: Cover loosely and refrigerate for up to 1 day.)
❤️ My Decadent Dark Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
Dry:
* 2 Cups all-purpose flour
* 2 Cups granulated white sugar
* ¾ Cup unsweetened cocoa
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* ½ teaspoon salt
Wet:
* 2 eggs (beaten)
* 1 cup cold brewed coffee
* 1 cup 2% (or whole) milk
* ½ cup vegetable oil (I use Canola)
* 2 teaspoons white vinegar
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°c) with the offset oven rack in the #3 position.
2. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 cake pan
3. In a large bowl, sift together the flour and cocoa powder, and add the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix well with a whisk and make a well in the centre.
4. In a separate container (such as a 4-cup measuring cup) combine all of the wet ingredients and mix well.
5. Pour the wet ingredients into the well you made in the dry ingredients, and mix until smooth. The batter MAY seem thin.
6. Pour into the prepared cake pan (if making cupcakes, fill each cup halfway.)
7. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. (I find this usually takes about 50 minutes.) For cupcakes, about 30 minutes.
8. Allow to cool.
9. Frost with Buttercream, or whatever you fancy. 😋
❤️ Eggnog Bundt Cake with Rum Glaze
This is the same basic recipe as the Eggnog Loaf, but doubled to make a Bundt Cake. The recipe will overfill the pan, so scoop out enough of the batter to make a bonus 12 Eggnog Muffins! 😋
Ingredients:
Cake Ingredients:
* 4 large eggs
* 3 cups full-fat eggnog
* 4 tsp spiced rum
* 2 cups granulated sugar
* 2 tsp. vanilla extract
* 1 cup salted butter softened
* 4 ½ cup all-purpose flour
* 2 3.4 oz. (100g) box instant French vanilla pudding mix
* 4 tsp. baking powder
* ½ tsp. kosher salt
* 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
* 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
Glaze Ingredients: (not doubled)
* 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
* 2 tsp. full-fat eggnog
* 2 tbsp. spiced rum
* 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
* 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
Instructions:
Cake:
* Preheat oven to 350°F and grease and flour a large Bundt Pan (or spray liberally with cooking spray.) Also prepare 12 Muffin Cups.
* In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and granulated sugar together.
* Add eggs, eggnog, spiced rum, and vanilla extract. Beat until combined.
* In a medium bowl, combine flour, French vanilla pudding mix, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon and whisk until combined.
* Gradually pour the dry ingredients into the stand mixer on low speed and mix just until combined.
* Scoop out batter to fill the 12 muffin cups about ¾ full.
* Pour remaining batter into the prepared Bundt pan and bake for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. (Muffins will be much faster - about 25 minutes. Keep an eye on them!)
* Allow cake to cool completely in the pan. This will take a couple of hours at room temperature, and the cake will pull away slightly from the sides of the pan.
* Invert pan over your serving platter, and it SHOULD just plop right out!
Rum Glaze Directions:
* Whisk together all glaze ingredients until smooth.
* Drizzle over the cake.
The excess batter from the cake will make 12 perfect muffins! 😋
❤️ Eggnog Bundt Cake with Rum Glaze
This is the same basic recipe as the Eggnog Loaf, but doubled to make a Bundt Cake. The recipe will overfill the pan, so scoop out enough of the batter to make a bonus 12 Eggnog Muffins! 😋
Ingredients:
Cake Ingredients:
* 4 large eggs
* 3 cups full-fat eggnog
* 4 tsp spiced rum
* 2 cups granulated sugar
* 2 tsp. vanilla extract
* 1 cup salted butter softened
* 4 ½ cup all-purpose flour
* 2 3.4 oz. (100g) box instant French vanilla pudding mix
* 4 tsp. baking powder
* ½ tsp. kosher salt
* 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
* 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
Glaze Ingredients: (not doubled)
* 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
* 2 tsp. full-fat eggnog
* 2 tbsp. spiced rum
* 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
* 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
Instructions:
Cake:
* Preheat oven to 350°F and grease and flour a large Bundt Pan (or spray liberally with cooking spray.) Also prepare 12 Muffin Cups.
* In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and granulated sugar together.
* Add eggs, eggnog, spiced rum, and vanilla extract. Beat until combined.
* In a medium bowl, combine flour, French vanilla pudding mix, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon and whisk until combined.
* Gradually pour the dry ingredients into the stand mixer on low speed and mix just until combined.
* Scoop out batter to fill the 12 muffin cups about ¾ full.
* Pour remaining batter into the prepared Bundt pan and bake for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. (Muffins will be much faster - about 25 minutes. Keep an eye on them!)
* Allow cake to cool completely in the pan. This will take a couple of hours at room temperature, and the cake will pull away slightly from the sides of the pan.
* Invert pan over your serving platter, and it SHOULD just plop right out!
Rum Glaze Directions:
* Whisk together all glaze ingredients until smooth.
* Drizzle over the cake.
Cake… Heavy, Rich, Dense… and so very not good for a Type-2 Diabetic… 😅
These are 3 of my very favourite recipes - made only for special occasions, and enjoyed sparingly: Carrot Cake, Decadent Chocolate Cake, and Eggnog Cake. 😋
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