The Best Louisiana Crunch Cake Ever Recipe 45

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!

THE BEST LOUISIANA CRUNCH CAKE EVER RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Sift together cake flour, salt, baking powder and soda. Set aside. 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). Beat in eggs, one at a time, making sure that each egg is thoroughly blended before adding the next egg. Mix in sour cream and vanilla extract. Blend in some of the dry ingredients followed by some of the buttermilk in alternates. DO NOT OVER BEAT OTHERWISE CAKE WILL BECOME HARD AS A BRICK ONCE FINISHED BAKING! Grease a bundt cake 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. 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). 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). While the cake is baking, with a whisk, blend all of the glaze ingredients until smooth and ready to pour over the hot cake. Drizzle glaze over the crunchy top portion of cake.

COCONUT LOUISIANA CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit.
• Whisk together the cake flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• In another bowl, cream the butter until it is creamy and almost white in appearance.
• Add in the sugar. Beat an additional 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, mixing in each egg completely before adding in another.
• Mix in the sour cream and extracts.
• Add the flour alternately with the buttermilk, mixing gently (or on low speed) just until combined. Do not overmix or the cake will not be soft.
• Grease with shortening and dust with flour a 12 cup bundt cake pan (or use our cake release).
• Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar into the bottom of the pan. Shake the pan slightly so the sugar coats the sides of the pan as well as the bottom.
• Sprinkle shredded coconut evenly in the bottom of the pan.
• Pour the batter into the pan and use a spatula to make sure is is even.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow the cake to cool for just 5 minutes in the pan, then loosen the edges and turn it out onto a cake plate to cool completely.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, melted butter, and extracts.
• Add heavy cream, one tablespoon at a time, until it is the consistency you'd like.
• Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake. If the cake still warm, the glaze will melt and run thin. It's a matter of preference as far as how you want it to look.
• Note: This makes a lot of glaze. If you'd like less glaze, make 1/2 a recipe. This will save calories as well.

LOUISIANA CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Thoroughly grease and dust your bundt pan.
• Sift your dry ingredients together and keep on the side in a separate bowl. Beat your butter by itself for a good five minutes to get a super thick and fluffy texture. Add in your sugar and cream on medium speed for another two minutes.
• One at a time, add your eggs, allowing each to fully incorporate before adding the next. Gently mix through the sour cream and vanilla. Add your sifted dry ingredients in four to five additions, alternating with the buttermilk, and gently fold through to incorporate.
• Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup sugar over the base of your pan, followed by the coconut flakes. Pour your batter into the bundt pan, scraping your bowl clean.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, checking with a wooden skewer after 50 minutes. (If your skewer is wet, bake until it comes out clean, checking every five minutes.)
• Leave your cake to cool for 10 minutes before turning out.

LOUISIANA CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand-up mixer, beat butter on medium speed, until light and fluff, 4 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Gradually mix in sugar until blended. Continue to beat on medium, until fluffy, for another 3 additional minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition just until yolk disappears.
• Mix in sour cream and vanilla extract. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Reduce mixer speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with flour mixture, on low speed until just combined. Do Not overbeat! Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, gently folding if needed, to make sure the batter is completely incorporated.
• Generously butter a 12 cup bundt pan. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of sugar to the bottom of the greased pan and about 3 inches up the sides (mine always seems to go higher!), tapping the pan to ensure even distribution. Leave excess sugar in the pan. Sprinkle coconut flakes to the bottom of the pan.
• Pour batter into pan and spread evenly. Tap pan on the counter to remove any air bubbles Bake in preheated oven until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out with just a few moist crumbs, about 50-60 minutes.
• Allow cake to cool in pan set on a wire rack, covered with a tea towel, for 15 minutes. Remove cake to a cake plate or stand and cool.

LOUISIANA PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine the oats and water; let stand for 15 minutes. Beat 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1 cup sugar and 1 cup brown sugar; beating well. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Combine the flour, soda, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with the oat mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix at low speed after each addition until blended. Stir in 3/4 cup pecans.
• Pour into a greased and floured 13x9x2 inch pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Combine 3/4 cup brown sugar and the remaining 3 ingredients; spoon evenly over the top of the cake. Broil 5 1/2 inches from heat (with electric door partially opened) 2 minutes or until bubbly. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.

LOUISIANA CRUNCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375.
• Prepare a 9-10 inch bundt pan with either Baker's
• Secret or butter and flour being sure to coat the middle tube as well as any flutings very well. Set aside.
• In a medium sized bowl, mix the filling ingredients together well: chopped pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix cake mix, sour cream, oil, sugar, water and eggs together and beat on high for 2 minutes.
• Pour ⅔ of the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
• Sprinkle the surface of the batter evenly with the filling. Do so gently.
• Pour the remaining batter over the top of the cake and filling.
• Transfer to the preheated oven on the middle rack in the center of the oven. Bake for 45-55 minutes. Begin checking the cake after 35 minutes. The cake is done when it springs back from being touched and gently pressed in.
• Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then loosen gently with a knife and invert onto cake plate removing the cake from the pan.
• When cool, prepare the glaze by mixing the confectioners sugar with the milk. Pour over the cooled cake. Allow to set.