Carrot Walnut And Chocolate Cake Recipes

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.

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 AND CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Prepare a round baking pan 8'x3'. Place a circle of parchment paper on the bottom. Spray with no stick cooking spray and sprinkle with flour.
• Grind the walnuts in the food processor.
• Separate the eggs and beat the yolks with the sugar at high speed for 7 minutes until pale and a ribbon forms.
• Beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
• Mix the egg yolks with the walnuts and carrots.
• Fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the carrot mixture, add remaining egg whites and stir until well blended.
• Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes. Until golden and firm to the touch.
• Cool on a wire rack and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Chop the chocolate and place in a bowl. Pour the cream in a small saucepan and heat over medium-high heat until boiling. Pour over chocolate and let stand 1 minute. Stir gently with a spatula until all the chocolate is melted and looks shiny and creamy.
• Unmold the cake to a plate, remove the paper and pour the chocolate on the top surface. Using a knife slowly spread up to the edge, allow to drip slightly over the edge.
• Refrigerate for 10 minutes and serve.

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.

CHOCOLATE WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and allspice. Set aside.
• In the top of a double boiler, heat chocolate, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool to lukewarm.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk. Stir in walnuts.
• In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

CHOCOLATE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour a ten inch tube pan.
• Combine brown sugar,oil, and eggs, stirring until smooth. Sift together baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cocoa powder, and flour. Beat dry ingredients into liquid, mixing well. Fold in carrots and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a cake tester inserted near center of ring comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes. Turn out cake and let cool completly.
• Melt white chocolate in the top half of a double boiler or in a microwave and pour over top of cooled cake.
• If desired, garnish with melted dark chocolate driizzled over cake and fresh fruit such as strawberries.

CARROT WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. 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. Spread with frosting. Store in the refrigerator.,

BAKERY-STYLE CARROT AND WALNUT CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 13x9-inch cake; cool completely. Remove from pan; cut crosswise in half.
• Spoon frosting into medium bowl. Add COOL WHIP; whisk until blended.
• Place 1 cake half, top side down, on plate; spread with about 1/3 of the COOL WHIP mixture. Cover with remaining cake half, top side up. Spread top and sides of cake with remaining COOL WHIP mixture. Press nuts into sides of cake.

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.