Carrot Banana Muffins Or Bundt Cake Recipes

CARROT-BANANA MUFFINS (OR BUNDT CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line or grease muffin cups.
• Sift first 4 ingredients into medium bowl. Whisk applesauce, sugar, brown sugar and eggs in large bowl until well blended. Mix in dry ingredients. Add carrots, banana and pecans and blend well.
• Divide batter among muffin cups and bake in middle of oven until puffed and a tester comes out clean, about 16-18 minutes. Cool muffins on a rack. (Let pan cool completely before baking the second batch or use a different pan.).

CARROT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• To make the cake: Spray a bundt pan with non stick cooking spray, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Beat together eggs, oil and sugar for about one minute. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Slowly add to sugar mixture, incorporating as you go. When it is completely mixed in, fold in carrots and raisins. Pour into prepared pan and bake for one hour, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Invert onto a plate, and cool. To Make the Frosting: In a medium bowl, blend softened cream cheese and butter til smooth and creamy. Add vanilla. Then add powdered sugar until desired consistency is achieved. (you may need to add more to achieve this) Frost cake. Refrigerate uneaten cake.

BEST EVER CINNAMON BUNDT® CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Brush a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with a little butter and dust with some flour.
• Cream sugar, butter, and oil together in a bowl until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract.
• Sift 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Fold 1/3 of the flour mixture gently into the butter mixture with a spatula. Mix in 1/2 of the buttermilk. Repeat once more, then mix in remaining flour until just combined. Avoid overmixing. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Allow cake to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack to cool completely.