Brer Rabbit Carrot Cake Recipes

BRER RABBIT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Spray a 10-inch non-stick bundt pan with cooking oil and set aside.
• Sift the first 7 ingredients (flour to granulated sugar) into a large bowl and stir well to combine.
• In a separate large bowl, beat next 7 ingredients (brown sugar to pineapple) with an electric mixer until well combined.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry with just a few swift strokes by hand; do not over-beat or the cake will be tough.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45-55 minutes, until toothpick or cake tester inserted into center comes out clean.
• Cool on rack (in pan) for 10 minutes, then invert onto rack and cool to room temperature.
• Top with Sweet Orange Icing (or another icing of your choice).
• To make Sweet Orange Icing: Combine all icing ingredients and blend with a fork until smooth.
• Use immediately to top cake (if icing sits it will harden).

ULTIMATE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare muffin tins with papers (about 48 regular cupcakes) or two 9-inch round cake pans (2 inch sides) with parchment and oil.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Coarsely grate the carrots in a food processor using the grater attachment.
• Chop them into finer pieces with the medal blade attachment in the food processor, if you want the texture of the cake a little bit finer.
• Mix together the eggs, sugar, oil, brown sugar, vanilla extract and orange zest.
• Mix together all of the dry ingredients in a bowl with a whisk.
• Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture.
• Add the finely chopped carrots, walnuts (or coconut), and raisins (or dried cherries).
• Pour the batter into the prepared pans or scoop into cupcake papers (fill 3/4 full).
• Bake cupcakes for about 18-25 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
• Bake 9-inch cakes for about 35-40 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
• Cool in pan(s) on wire rack for 10-15 minutes.
• Make frosting by combining all frosting ingredients and beating well, until fluffy.
• NOTE: If you like lots of frosting, double this recipe, but you'll have some left over, even if you are generous with it while frosting the cake. But it's delicious on EVERYTHING!
• To assemble the cake, remove from pan(s) and peel off the parchment paper from the bottom, place on cardboard rounds.
• With a thin serrated knife slice off the very top of the cake layer, using a sawing motion, to level the tops, if desired.
• Cut the cake layers into 2 equal layers. Slide the layers onto a cardboard round or any other flat surface.
• Using an offset spatula spread about 1½ cups of the frosting evenly over the surface of the first layer.
• Top with the next layer and repeat for the rest of the layers.
• Place about 2 cups of the icing on the top of the cake and spread evenly.
• Spread the icing onto the sides of the cake.
• Using the spatula, create swirls in the frosting on the cake. This cream cheese frosting is very soft so you won't want to try for anything too exacting.
• Press additional shredded coconut onto the sides of this cake, as a garnish, if desired.

PAT'S AWARD WINNING CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix the oil and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture just until combined. Stir in chopped pecans, carrot baby food, grated carrots, and coconut. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

BUNNY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Coat an ovenproof 13-inch-diameter 6-quart bowl with cooking spray. Dust with flour, and tap out excess. Set aside.
• Whisk together carrots, eggs, buttermilk, sugar, oil, vanilla seeds, and raisins in a large bowl. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in a medium bowl. Stir flour mixture into carrot mixture. Transfer batter to prepared bowl.
• Bake until a tester comes out clean, about 2 1/2 hours. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool in bowl 40 minutes. Unmold onto rack. Let cool completely.
• Place cake, broad side down, on a cutting board. Using a serrated knife, trim 2 sides to create a slightly pointed head and body. Using 2 scraps from sides, cut out two 5-inch-long ears. (Trim bases of ears at an angle so that they will lean toward tail.) Attach with frosting. From 1 scrap, carve a ballshaped tail that has 1 flat side; attach with frosting. Refrigerate cake 20 minutes. Spread a thick layer of frosting over cake.
• Cover entire cake (except for insides of ears and the tail) with marshmallows. Press in espresso beans for eyes and the jelly bean for a nose. Add 8 pieces of licorice for whiskers. Just before serving, cover ears and tail with cotton candy.

PETER RABBIT CAKE

Steps:

• Mix and bake cake according to package directions, using two greased and floured 9-in. pans. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For bunny's head, place one cake on a 20x14-in. covered board. Cut remaining cake into two ears and one bow tie (see Fig. 1). Place ears 4-in. apart on top of head. Place bow tie so it fits in curve of head (see photo). , Frost top and sides of head, ears and bow tie. Sprinkle 1-1/4 cups coconut over head and ears. Divide remaining coconut between two resealable plastic bags; add red food coloring to one bag and green to the other. Seal bags and shake to coat. Place pink coconut on ears to within 1/2 in of the edges. Place green coconut around the cake. , Use jelly beans for eyes, nose and to decorate bow tie. Cut the licorice into seven 2-in. pieces and seven 3/4-in. pieces. Place six 2-in. pieces next to nose for whiskers. Bend the remaining 2-in. piece into a semicircle and place 3/4 in. below nose for mouth. Connect nose to mouth with one 3/4-in. pieces. Place three 3/4-in. pieces above each eye for eyelashes.