Carrot And Walnut Cake Recipes

CARROT AND WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, and baking powder together and set aside.
• Beat the eggs with the ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and ground cardamom together for 5 minutes. Stir in the confectioner's sugar and mix well. Beat in the vegetable oil and continue beating for 5 minutes.
• Alternately add the flour mixture and the milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, to the egg mixture. With a spoon stir in the carrots and the walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour. Enjoy it with a glass of milk or a cup of tea.

CARROT WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a small bowl, combine the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix well.
• Add the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix until combined.
• Mix in the flour, stirring until the flour is fully incorporated in.
• Fold in the carrots and walnuts.
• Spray an 8x8 baking pan with cooking spray. Spread the batter in the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35-37 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Once the cake has cooled, sprinkle powdered sugar on top and serve.

SPICED WALNUT CARROT CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, toss together the carrots, walnuts, pineapple, raisins, and coconut with 1/2 cup of the flour to coat them and keep them from sinking to the bottom of the cake batter.
• Sift together the remaining 1 1/2 cups flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt.
• In a mixer with a whip attachment, mix the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy (the "ribbon" stage) then drizzle in the vegetable oil. Fold in the dry ingredients and pour over the carrot mixture. Fold carefully to blend, then pour the batter into a buttered, floured 10 by 3-inch cake pan containing a circle of parchment paper in the bottom. Bake until firm to the touch in the center, about 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Let cool on a rack and then turn out. Dust the top with powdered sugar and cut into wedges to serve.

CARROT AND WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Lightly grease and flour a 25cm round cake tin.
• Toast the walnuts in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
• Place the carrots, buttermilk, oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and orange zest together in a bowl and whisk thoroughly
• In another bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Fold the flour mixture into the carrot mixture, taking care not to overmix. Fold in the toasted walnuts until evenly combined.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake for 35-45 minutes or until a cocktail stick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• Leave to cool for 20 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• For the cream cheese frosting:
• Cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• Gradually add the icing sugar and continue to cream until light and fluffy, add the vanilla extract.
• Spread onto the top of the cake and round the sides.

WALNUT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients until well blended. Stir in carrots and nuts. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. , Tint a small amount of frosting orange for the carrot if desired. Frost cake with plain frosting. Cut into squares. Pipe an orange carrot onto each square; add a parsley sprig for the carrot top if desired. Store in the refrigerator.

CARROT WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• CREAM CHEESE GLAZE 8 oz Cream cheese, softened 1 Tbsp Lemon juice 1 tsp Grated lemon peel 1 1/2 cup Confectioners sugar 1/2 cup Coarsely chopped walnuts This is billed as the richest carrot cake recipe ever.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10-by-4-inch tube pan.
• Sift flour with baking powder, soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Wash and pare carrots; grate on medi um grater or use coarse blade of food processor.
• Should measure 4 cups.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• In large bowl of mixer, at high speed, beat butter and brown and granulated sugars, occasionally scraping side of bowl with rubber scraper, until light and fluffy-about 4 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition until smooth and light. In measuring cup, combine lemon and orange peels and juices.
• At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths), alternately with lemon-orange mixture (in thirds), beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat just until smooth-about 1 minute. With wooden spoon, stir in grated carrot, nuts and raisins; mix well.
• Turn into the prepared tube pan; spread evenly.
• Bake 60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in center of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack 20 minutes, to cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, make cream-cheese glaze: In medium bowl, combine cream cheese, lemon juice, lemon peel and confectioners' sugar.
• With portable electri c mixer at high speed, beat mixture until smooth.
• Set aside. Gently loosen edge of cake with spatula.
• Turn out of pan onto rack.
• Spread glaze over top of the warm cake, letting it run down side of cake. Carefully remove cake to cake platter.
• Sprinkle chopped walnuts around top edge of cake. Serves 12.

WALNUT CARROT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla and lemon zest. Combine the flour, pudding mix, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beating well after each addition. Stir in carrots and nuts., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Cool completely before frosting. Store in the refrigerator.