Creole Cake Recipes

LOUISIANA SYRUP CAKE

Steps:

• Make the cake: preheat oven to 350°; grease and flour a 9-inch square or round cake pan.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt; stir with a fork to mix well.
• In a big bowl, combine the vegetable oil, cane syrup, and egg; stir with a fork or whisk to combine well.
• Add about 1/3 or the flour mixture to the syrup mixture and then stir gently, just until the flour disappears.
• Add the baking soda to the hot water, and then stir about half the water into the batter.
• Stir another 1/3 of the flour mixture, then the remaining water, and finally the remaining flour, stirring gently each time just to mix everything well.
• Quickly pour the batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 30-35 minutes, until the cake springs back when touched gently in the center, and is beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• Make the frosting: In a bowl, beat the butter until light and fluffy; add in half the powdered sugar, the vanilla, and salt; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.
• Add the remaining powdered sugar and the cane syrup, and beat until smooth and creamy, stopping to scrape down the bowl and mix well.
• To complete: if cake is round, cool the cake in the pan on a rack, for 10 minutes, turn it out of the pan, and place it, top side up, on a wire rack to cool completely; place cooled cake on a serving plate or cake stand, top side down, and spread the frosting over it generously, covering the top and sides.
• If it is square, spread the icing over the cooled cake right in the pan, and cut into squares to serve; serve warm, right from the pan.

CREOLE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Sift flour with soda into large bowl. Grease well and flour two 8x8x2" square cake pans. In small saucepan, combine butter, oil and chocolate; stir over low heat to melt the chocolate. Add 1 cup water. Cool 15 minute.
• To flour mixture, add 2 cups sugar, the eggs, sour milk and 1 teaspoons vanilla; mix with wooden spoon. Stir in cooled chocolate just to combine. Quickly turn into prepared pans; bake 30-35 minute til surface springs back when pressed with finger.
• Cool in pans 5 minute Carefully loosen sides with spatula. Turn out on racks; cool.
• Make filling: In small saucepan, combine milk, sugar and 1/4 cup water. Cook over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add raisins and dates. Stir with wooden spoon. Cook, stirring, until mixture is thickened, about 5 minute Add vanilla and nuts. Cool completely in small bowl; beat cream with rotary beater just until stiff. On plate, place layer, top side down; spread with filling, then whipped cream. Top with second layer.
• Make frosting: Melt chocolate pieces in top of double boiler over hot water. Remove top of double boiler from hot water. Stir in sour cream and salt. With wooden spoon, beat until smooth. Cool 5 min., until frosting is of spreading consistency.
• With spatula, frost top of cake, swirling decoratively; use rest of frosting to cover the sides. Refrigerate one hour before serving. To serve: with sharp, thin knife, mark top of cake into four quarters; then cut each quarter into four slices. Makes 16 servings.

CREOLE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Gradually beat the sugar into eggs, add melted butter and chocolate.
• 3. Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon twice.
• 4. Add alternately with milk.
• 5. Pour into 7 x 11 inch pan.
• 6. Bake about 25 minutes. Cool and cover with Creole Frosting.
• 7. FROSTING: Stir ingredients together. Pour over cooled caked.