Buttermilk Carrot Cake Recipe 455

BEST EVER CARROT CAKE WITH BUTTERMILK GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 Line 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with wax paper; lightly grease and flour wax paper. Set pans aside.
• 2. Stir together first 4 ingredients. Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cake pans
• 3. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
• 4. Buttermilk Glaze Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.
• 5. Cream Cheese Frosting Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.

BUTTERMILK CARROT CAKE WITH BUTTERMILK GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray the bottom and sides of a 9x13 inch baking dish with nonstick spray. Set aside.
• 2. Drain pineapple, reserving juice in a small bowl. Place the raisins into the pineapple juice to soften.
• 3. To make the cake, whisk the flour, soda, salt & cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• 4. In an electric mixer bowl, beat eggs until light in color; add sugar and beat on medium high until light and fluffy. Add oil, buttermilk and vanilla, beat on medium until combined. Add flour mixture, ¼ cup at a time, to sugar mixture in mixing bowl, beating on low until combined.
• 5. Drain raisins and add to mixture. Add carrots, drained pineapple and nuts. Beat on low just until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out dry, but be careful to not over bake. If you press your finger in the middle, an indention should remain. While the is cooking, make the glaze and frosting.
• 6. To make glaze: In a large saucepan over medium high heat, cook all glaze ingredients except vanilla extract, stirring. Cook, stirring, approximately 10-15 minutes, or until it turns into a light caramel color (it will foam up a bit). Remove from heat and add vanilla.
• 7. To make frosting: In an electric mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add butter and vanilla; continue beating, adding a tablespoon of milk and cinnamon. Slowly add the powdered sugar, beating on low speed. Turn to high and beat until creamy, adding more milk if mixture is too thick.
• 8. When the cake is done, remove from oven and poke holes all over the top with a toothpick. Pour warm glaze over the top and spread with a spoon to coat evenly. Let set until completely cool. When cool, frost with frosting.

BUTTERMILK CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease two 9\" cake pans; set aside.
• 2. Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together; set aside.
• 3. In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add oil, buttermilk, sugar and vanilla; mix well.
• 4. Add flour mixture, pineapple, carrots and walnuts; stir well.
• 5. Pour into cake pans, bake for 55 minutes or until wooden tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 6. While cake is baking prepare buttermilk glaze. BUTTERMILK GLAZE: In a small saucepan, combine sugar, baking soda, buttermilk, butter and corn syrup. Bring to a boil. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• 7. Remove cake from oven and slowly pour glaze over hot cake.
• 8. Cool cake in pan until glaze is totally absorbed, about 15 minutes.
• 9. Turn out of pans, and cool completely.
• 10. Prepare Cream Cheese Frosting; frost top of one layer first, then set the other layer on top of that, frost sides and top. CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Cream butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Add vanilla, powdered sugar, orange juice and grated peel. Mix until smooth. Mix until smooth.
• 11. Refrigerate until frosting is set.

BUTTERMILK GLAZED CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• LIne three 9 inch cake pans with waxed paper and lightly grease and flour the wax paper.
• Mix the flour, soda, cinnamon and salt together.
• Combine the eggs, sugar, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla in a mixing bowl and beat until smooth.
• Add the dry ingredients gradually, mixing well after each addition. Fold in the carrots, pineapple, coconut and pecans.
• Spoon into prepared pans. Bake at 350*F for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean (don't remove from the pans yet).
• For the glaze, combine the sugar, butter, corn syrup, buttermilk and baking soda in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil over medium high heat and boil for 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Drizzle the glaze over the hot cake layers. Cool the layers in the pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from the pans and finish cooling on the rack competely.
• For the frosting beat the butter and cream cheese at medium speed in a mixing bowl until light.
• Add the icing sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth. Spread between the layers and over the top and side of the cake.

CARROT CAKE WITH BUTTERMILK GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray (No need to grease - there is oil in the cake batter).
• In a bowl beat eggs with sugar, oil, buttermilk and vanilla for about 5 minutes (beat for 5 minutes, no less!).
• In another bowl mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; add to the egg mixture *STIR* with wooden spoon until combined.
• Fold in carrots, drained pineapple, coconut and walnuts; mix with wooden spoon until combined.
• Transfer to prepared baking dish.
• Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown. Cover the pan loosley with foil to prevent excess browning. Continue to cook another 25 minutes.
• Buttermilk glaze:.
• In a heavy saucepan bring the sugar, baking soda, butter, buttermilk and corn syrup to a boil over medium-high heat.
• Cook for about 2 minutes add 1/2 cup coconut and 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts.
• continue to cook another 2 minutes or until the mixture is golden brown.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Poke holes in cake (I use a kabob skewer) Pour buttermilk glaze over hot cake.
• BROIL:.
• Return cake to oven and broil until bubbly -- about 1-2 minutes.
• Cool completely before serving.