Harvest Spice Cake Recipes

MINI HARVEST SPICE CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare pan with baking spray containing flour or butter and flour. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and spices. Using a standing mixer, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, and then add vanilla. Mix until blended. Add 1/2 of flour mixture, then 1/2 of milk, then the remaining flour and milk. Pour evenly into prepared pan, filling each cavity 3/4 full. Gently tap pan to remove any air bubbles. Bake 20-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in pan before inverting onto a cooling rack. Decorate as desired!

HARVEST SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease (very well) a 10" springform pan with tube inset, or other similarly sized mold.
• Cream butter, sugar & orange peel until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Combine dry ingredients in one bowl & yogurt & apples in another.
• Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the yogurt/apple mixture.
• Stir in the raisins & nuts.
• Turn the batter into the prepared pan & bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Let stand for 10 minutes on a rack before turning out to cool.
• May be served with whipped cream & a garnish of sliced oranges but we like it simply sprinkled with powdered sugar.

HARVEST SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients and stir.
• Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in 2 eggs. Add dry ingredients alternately with pumpkin and mix till well combined. Add chocolate chips and most of the walnuts, reserving some to sprinkle on top of cake before baking.
• Bake in greased and floured Bundt or tube pan at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes.

HARVEST LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a medium bowl, mix flour, soda, salt, 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. Add flour mixture alternately with pumpkin. Stir in chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the walnuts. Pour batter into loaf pan. Sprinkle remaining nuts on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 65 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. While still warm, drizzle with glaze. Cool for 6 hours before serving.
• to make the glaze: In a medium bowl, combine confectioners sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix and add 1 to 2 teaspoons cream until drizzling consistency.

FROSTED HARVEST CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the pumpkin, eggs, oil and vanilla until blended. Combine dry ingredients; gradually stir into pumpkin mixture., Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. , In a small bowl, beat the butter, cream cheese, vanilla, milk and salt until smooth. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until smooth. Frost cake; cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator.