Louisiana Stranger Cake Recipes

THE BEST LOUISIANA CRUNCH CAKE EVER

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees Fahrenheit.
• 2. Sift together cake flour, salt, baking powder and soda. Set aside.
• 3. In a large separate bowl, beat butter until very fluffy (approx. 5 minuets) then add 2 cups of sugar. Continue to beat until light and fluffy (approx. 2 more minutes).
• 4. Beat in eggs, one at a time, making sure that each egg is thoroughly blended before adding the next egg.
• 5. Mix in sour cream and vanilla extract.
• 6. Blend in some of the dry ingredients followed by some of the buttermilk in alternates. This is a way to ensure that the ingredients are being thoroughly blended together -- For example; add dry mixture followed by buttermilk, dry mixture, buttermilk dry mixture -- so on and so forth -- DO NOT OVER BEAT OTHERWISE CAKE WILL BECOME HARD AS A BRICK ONCE FINISHED BAKING!
• 7. Grease a bundt cake pan. I used a non stick angle food spring formed tube pan. If you do not have a non stick pan, be sure to grease your pan and dust with flour! Add in 1/4 cup of sugar to the bottom of pan and about 3 inches up the sides, tapping the pan to ensure even distribution. Leave excess sugar in pan. Sprinkle coconut flakes to the bottom of the pan. Scrape batter into the bundt pan and spread evenly.
• 8. Bake for about 50 minutes to an hour or until a wooden skewer inserted comes out clean (if it comes out wet, bake another 10 minutes or so, if it comes out crumbly, you over baked the cake).
• 9. Let cake cool for about 10 minutes, then carefully remove from pan, making sure that the sugary coconut side is faced upward. Use a knife to scrape the sides if cake becomes stuck. (this step is very important otherwise your cake will continue to bake and will become very dry and completely stuck in the pan).
• 10. Drizzle glaze over the crunchy top portion of cake. Please use my Vanilla Almond Glaze recipe to complete this cake!

LOUISIANA STRANGER CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients together. Yes, add the frosting to the cake batter!
• Pour into a well-greased bundt pan.
• Bake at 350F for 45 minutes (depending on your oven, cook until toothpick comes out clean).
• Let cool in cake pan for 5 minutes.
• Invert on a cooling rack and leave in pan for 5 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the pan.
• Cool completely.
• Dust with powdered sugar to serve or you can wrap tightly in plastic wrap and freeze until needed.

LOUISIANA SHRIMP CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven broiler. Grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.
• Place rice and water in a pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 10 minutes. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place shrimp in the skillet and cook 3 minutes, or until opaque; set aside. Melt butter in the skillet. Stir in the mushrooms and cook 2 minutes. Mix in soup and sour cream. Cook until heated through, but do not boil. Return shrimp to skillet and cook until heated through. Scoop skillet mixture over rice in baking dish and top with cheese.
• Broil 5 minutes in the preheated oven, or until bubbly.

LOUISIANA STRANGER CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients together. Yes add the frosting to the cake batter!
• Pour into a well-greased and floured bundt pan.
• Bake at 375F for 45 minutes (depending on your oven, cook until toothpick comes out clean).
• Tip: Add 2 T. of rum to the batter and call it "Butter Pecan Rum Cake". Buy the butter pecan cake mix at Wal-Mart. Sift powdered sugar over the top right before serving it.
• Let cool in cake pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove to cooling rack until completely cool.
• Dust with powdered sugar to serve or you can wrap tightly in plastic wrap and freeze until needed.