Dianes Carrot Cake And Cream Cheese Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, sugar and oil. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt and nutmeg; beat into egg mixture. Stir in carrots., Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in another large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Add enough milk to achieve desired spreading consistency. Reserve 1/2 cup frosting for decorating if desired. If desired, stir walnuts into remaining frosting. , Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. If decorating the cake, tint 1/4 cup reserved frosting orange and 1/4 cup green. Cut a small hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag; insert #7 round pastry tip. Fill the bag with orange frosting. Pipe twelve carrots on top of cake, so each slice will have a carrot. Using #67 leaf pastry tip and the green frosting, pipe a leaf at the top of each carrot. , Store cake in the refrigerator.

DIANE'S CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• Add the sugar and mix in.
• Then add the oil and beaten eggs and mix.
• Add and mix in the carrots and pineapple.
• Pour into 9x13 glass pan.
• Bake 30 mins at 325F.
• Bake further and check at 5 min intervals until done.
• Insert knife in centre to check for doneness.
• (Diane cooked hers 40 mins)- variations in ovens and other baking pans will determine your own time.
• For icing beat marg, cream chz, icing sugar,vanilla and salt together until creamy.

DIANE'S CARROT CAKE AND CREAM CHEESE/ RUM ICING

Steps:

• To make the cake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a sifter place together the flour, baking soda, salt and spices.
• In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add 2 unbeaten eggs to the creamed butter and sugar and mix.
• Add the orange peel and carrots to the cream mix.
• Now sift the ingredients in the sifter into the cream mix and fold it inches.
• Mix in nuts and raisins if desired.
• If you need to add some liquid to the mixture, use some water or milk, about 1/4 cup.
• Grease a 9" loaf pan and place waxed paper on the bottom and bake for 40 minutes uncovered and another 30 minutes with foil on top.
• Test doneness with toothpick to see if it comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the cake. It may need more time.
• While the cake is baking, make the icing by blending all the icing ingredients in a bowl.
• Ice the cake after it cools on a wire rack.

DIANE'S APPLE/CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• put both sticks of butter in lg bowl...whip well using hand mixer...add both sugars mix well sit aside
• mix cream eggs[add 1 at a time mix well]stir and vanilla in small bowl sit aside
• mix all[except for 1/4 c flour] dry ingredients set aside
• add that 1/4 c flour to carrots toss well sit aside
• add cream/egg mix to butter....add flour mix to this
• add apples,mix well add carrots mix well add rasins and walnuts fold in let sit sit bout 20 min before puttin into pans
• preheat oven to 350 spray 3 round cake pan with non stick spray
• after batter has sat 20 min stir well[makin sure no apples or carrots are sittin at bottom of bowl] then divid into the 3 pans
• bake for 75 min[start checkin at bout 65 min with toothpick] when done remove from oven cool in pans for 10 min then remove from pans and cool on
• FROSTING......1 24 OZ TUB LIGHT COOL WHIP,2 8 OZ PKG LIGHT CREAM CHEESE,1 t VANILLA mix all toghether in med bowl
• once cake cool frost each layerarrange on servin plate as u please and enjoy!!!!!!!!!