Holiday Caramel Pudding Spice Cake Recipes

CARAMEL SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 (9 inch) pans. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg, cloves and allspice. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, brown sugar and 1 cup white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with 1 1/2 buttermilk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in pecans. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• To make the frosting: In a large bowl, combine butter, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla and about 1 cup of the confectioners' sugar. Beat well, then gradually beat in the remaining confectioners' sugar alternately with 1/4 cup buttermilk. Beat until smooth and creamy and spread on cake.

CARAMEL PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bow combine flour, baking powder and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in raisins and milk. , Spread into a greased 8-in. square baking pan. Combine brown sugar and boiling water; pour over batter. Bake until golden brown, 35-40 minutes. Serve warm.

WARM CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter four 6-ounce ramekins, then coat lightly with sugar, tapping out excess. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine butter and chocolate. Microwave until melted, about 1 minute; stir until smooth. (Or melt mixture in a heatproof bowl set over, not in, a pan of simmering water.)
• In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, yolks, flour, and salt; add chocolate mixture and whisk to combine. Fill each ramekin three-quarters full with batter; place on a rimmed baking sheet and refrigerate 15 minutes.
• Bake until center of a cake is soft but not wet when pressed, 27 to 30 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Serve cakes warm, topped with caramel and whipped cream.

CARAMEL-GLAZED SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 9-inch round cake pan with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat 1/3 cup butter, the granulated sugar and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until blended; beat on medium speed until creamy. On low speed, beat in flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cloves until mixed; beat on medium speed 1 minute. Stir in sour cream and walnuts just until blended. Pour into pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run table knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; carefully turn plate and pan over and remove pan. Cool at room temperature 30 minutes.
• In 2-quart saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in whipping cream; boil and stir 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool about 25 minutes at room temperature, stirring occasionally.
• Spread caramel topping over top of cake, allowing some to run down side of cake.

HOLIDAY CARAMEL PUDDING SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine wet ingredients in a large bowl. Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until batter is smooth (Or use a hand-held mixer at a low speed as I do).
• Bake in a large greased & lined w/parchment paper deep spring-form baking pan for 50-55-60 min or until tests done w/toothpick or wooden skewer & sides of the cake have separated from the side of the baking pan (My large spring-form baking pan measures 11 in wide & 2.5 in deep).
• Allow to cool completely. Run a knife along the edges of the pan. Loosen & remove the outer part of the spring-form pan. Cover w/a large rd serving platter & invert the cake. The cake will settle easily onto the platter. Cover cake w/plastic wrap & store in your fridge until 3-4 hours B4 intent to serve (To save space in my fridge, I store the cake on our balcony & put it on 1 of the chair seats to shield it from the warmth of the sun).
• Dusting w/powd sugar should be left until just B4 dessert is served & will still be fresh that way. If you plan to glaze the cake, that should be done when it is removed from the fridge. This will allow the cake to absorb the glaze & be dry enough to cut & eat easily. I use a basting or pastry brush to generously & uniformly glaze the top & side surfaces of the cake.
• To serve, gently cut the cake in quarters. From these cuts, you can either cut the remainder of the cake in 12 generous portions or 16 smaller portions. For our grp of 9-10, I have found it more realistic to cut in 16 pieces since this dessert follows a large meal. Our guests can always indulge their appetites w/a 2nd helping & I do not want to waste any part of this cake because the portion size was larger than desired.
• Note #1 - Oven times can vary, so I suggest ck'ing for doneness at 50 min & reck at 5 min intervals until done to your satisfaction. Cake should still be moist & cooking time should probably not exceed 60 minutes.
• Note #2 - Altho I posted a pic of the cake having been baked in a bundt baking form, this was my 1st effort & I do not recommend a bundt pan be used. The cake actually overflowed the bundt form & had to be "trimmed" to serve. The spring-form pan works best & I have now posted those pics as well.

MOIST HOLIDAY SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Coat a bundt pan with nonstick spray.
• Beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs, vanilla extract, and pudding mix on low speed until incorporated. Beat 2 more minutes on medium speed.
• Stir in the orange zest and pour the batter into the pan.
• Bake 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes. Take out and cool completely.
• Drizzle warm frosting over cake or sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Enjoy!