Raisin Nut Cake With Brown Sugar Glaze Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED BOILED RAISIN CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, mix together water, brown sugar, raisins, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil, and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and let cool.
• In a separate bowl, mix together, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ground cloves.
• Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir until completely incorporated.
• Pour into a 13x9 inch glass dish or cake pan that has been generously sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• Bake for 35 minutes of until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake.
• While cooling, prepare the Brown Sugar Frosting.
• In a medium sized saucepan, mix brown sugar, butter and milk. Heat until the sugar is dissolved, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
• Once the sugar mixture is cooled, pour sugar mixture into a mixer bowl. Add powdered sugar and mix until a frosting is formed. If a runnier texture is desired, add milk 1 T. at a time until desired consistency.
• Frost the cake, and enjoy!

RAISIN-NUT CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Combine raisins and bourbon, stirring well. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at med. speed with an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine flour, baking powder,soda, and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Fold in pecans and raisin mixture.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325F for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, place on serving plate. Drizzle with Brown Sugar Glaze. Cool completely.
• Brown Sugar Glaze: Combine all ingredients in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes. Let cool to lukewarm.

APPLE NUT CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; stir into sugar mixture.
• Stir in vanilla; fold in apple and walnuts.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup Bundt pan.
• Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 30 to 35 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan, and cool on wire rack.
• Drizzle with warm Brown Sugar Glaze.
• Glaze: Combine first 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute. Stir in vanilla. Makes 1 cup.

GLAZED PECAN-RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a nonstick Bundt pan (12-cup capacity), tapping out excess flour; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, nutmeg, and baking powder; set aside.
• In another large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add brandy; beat until combined. With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture; beat just until combined (do not overmix). Fold in pecans and raisins.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake until cake has pulled away from sides of pan and a toothpick inserted in top comes out clean, 1 1/2 hours. Immediately invert onto a wire rack, and let cool completely.
• Set rack with cake over a rimmed baking sheet. In a small bowl, whisk together confectioners sugar and orange juice until smooth. Drizzle cake with glaze.

GLAZED RAISIN SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Place raisins in a bowl; cover with boiling water and let stand for 5 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup liquid; set raisins and liquid aside., In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with reserved raisin liquid. Fold in raisins. Pour into a greased 15x10x -in. baking pan., Bake at 375° for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the glaze ingredients. Pour over warm cake and spread evenly. Cool before cutting.