Carrot Apricot Swirls Recipes

CARROT CAKE WITH APRICOT FILLING

Steps:

• Pre-heat an oven to 350° F.
• Whisk the frosting ingredients with an electric mixer until thick and creamy, scraping the sides often. Set in the refrigerator to chill.
• Grease and flour two 9-inch spring form pans. Set aside.
• Combine the flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda in a bowl and whisk to blend. Set aside.
• Whisk together the sour cream, sugars, and vanilla extract until combined, then add the eggs one at a time. When well blended, add the dry ingredients a bit at a time, scraping the sides often. Continue mixing until a smooth batter forms. Then fold in the shredded carrots with a spatula until everything is well distributed.
• Pour the batter equally into the two prepared pans and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Allow the cakes to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then remove from the pans and allow the cakes to completely cool directly on the racks.
• Spread one cake with the apricot preserves, top with the second cake, then cover both with frosting.
• Decorate the cake with chopped pecans, if desired.

CARROTS WITH APRICOT PRESERVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Bring carrots and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and steam until the carrots are just tender, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir together the apricot preserves, cornstarch, dried apricots, and raisins in a saucepan. Place over medium heat, and cook until the mixture bubbles, thickens, and turns clear, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Once the carrots have cooked, drain, and stir into the apricot preserves. Pour into a baking dish, and bake in preheated oven until the sauce has thickened further, and turned light brown, about 15 minutes.

APRICOT GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Add carrots to a pot of lightly salted water, and bring to a low boil. Simmer until carrots are tender. Drain.
• Put melted butter in a bowl, and stir in apricot preserves. Stir in nutmeg, salt, orange zest, and lemon juice. Add carrots, and stir well to coat. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.

HERBED APRICOTS 'N' CARROTS

Steps:

• Place carrots and apricots in a saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook for 8 minutes or until carrots are crisp-tender; drain. Add the remaining ingredients; stir until butter is melted.

CARROT APRICOT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350. Blend together in mixer on medium speed: sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground cloves and allspice. Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture and blend well on medium speed for approximately 5 minutes. Fold in carrots, nuts, raisin and apricots. until well blended. Distribute batter evenly into 3 or 4 (9-inch) cake pans, which have been generously greased. Bake 20 minutes if 4 skinny layers, 25 minutes if 3 layers or check with toothpick for completely baked cakes. Remove from oven cool completely on racks right side up in the pans. After 15 minutes, invert cakes onto racks to remove from pans. Place cakes in freezer for 30 minutes before frosting them. This process is the easiest way to frost a cake without crumbs in the icing.
• 2. To make the frosting: Blend cream cheese until smooth on low speed, add in softened butter until blended. Add in sugar 1 cup at a time on medium speed until frosting is smooth and creamy. Then blend in the vanilla.
• 3. Remove cakes from freezer. Place first layer, bottom side down, in center of cake plate. With a spatula, evenly distribute frosting on 1st layer. Center second layer on top of first layer with topside down, and repeat process on each layer. On final top layer before the frosting is added, use both hands and press firmly but gently, all layers together to get one firm cake. With spatula, spread remainder of frosting to cover top and sides of cake. Garnish top with some finely chopped nuts, then refrigerate.

CARROT APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease or line a 12 cup muffin pan (sometimes I have a little more than this so I use a glass custard cup for the extra).
• Mix both flours, sugar blend, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Add the chopped apricots and toss lightly to coat.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs.
• Beat in the softened butter, buttermilk, and orange juice.
• Slowly add the flour mixture until just combined.
• Stir in the carrots and nuts.
• Fill each muffin cup about 3/4 full.
• Bake 20-25 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

CARROT JAM

Steps:

• Peel and grate a carrot to total 1/2 cup (50g) grated. Set aside.
• With the rest of the carrots, peel them and chop into rounds.
• Put in a saucepan and add enough water to just cover them and cook for 10 minutes or until soft, then drain.
• Puree the cooked carrots with a blender or immersion hand blender. If necessary, put the pureed carrots into a fine sieve and push out any excess water.
• Weigh out 2 cups (400g) of the pureed carrot and discard the rest (though it's great to add to soups, stews or mixed with maple syrup and added to porridge).
• Put the carrot puree, grated carrot and sugar into a large saucepan. Add the granulated sugar and, while stirring constantly, bring to the boil for five minutes. Skim if it gets frothy.
• Allow to cool slightly, then stir in the lemon zest and juice.
• Pour into warm, sterilised jars and screw on the lids. Store in a cool, dry place and use within one year.

APRICOT GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Prepare the carrots. Peel and cut the carrots into approximately ½ inch slices, diagonally.
• Combine the ingredients. Add the carrots to a large sauté pan and pour the stock over them. Evenly distribute the butter, jam, and the salt on top.
• Cook. Place the pan over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and let the carrots simmer until they're tender and the liquid has reduced almost completely, about 35 minutes. During the cooking process, move the carrots a few times to be sure they're well coated with the liquid.
• Garnish. If desired, garnish with finely chopped chives or scallions.