Best 3 A Memorial Day Carrot Cake Recipes
Celebrate Memorial Day with a sweet and patriotic twist on a classic dessert – Carrot Cake. This moist and flavorful cake is topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting and decorated with red, white, and blue sprinkles. It's the perfect dessert to share with family and friends at your Memorial Day gathering. In this article, you'll find two delicious recipes: one for the carrot cake itself and another for the cream cheese frosting. We'll also provide some tips for decorating your cake with a festive Memorial Day theme. So grab your apron and let's get started!
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CARROT CAKE
Beneath this towering yet unpretentious appearance lies multiple layers of moist, mildly spiced cake that are flecked with carrots and pecans and enveloped by a generous coating of cream cheese frosting.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter three 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper, and butter parchment. Dust with flour, tapping out excess. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and nutmeg.
- Beat butter and sugars with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat 3 minutes. Add vanilla, water, and carrots. Beat until well combined, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture, then finely chopped pecans.
- Scrape batter into prepared pans, dividing evenly. Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around edges of cakes to loosen, and turn out cakes onto rack. Turn right side up, and let cool completely.
- Using a serrated knife, trim rounded top of 2 cakes. Place one trimmed cake, cut side up, on a serving platter. Spread 1 cup frosting over cake. Top with second trimmed cake, cut side down. Spread 1 cup frosting over cake. Top with remaining cake. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides. Gently press coarsely chopped pecans onto sides of cake. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.
A HEALTHY CARROT CAKE RECIPE FOR MEMORIAL DAY
I find this to be the perfect time of year for carrot cake. It's an ideal dessert for cookouts, picnics and graduation parties. This Carrot Cake is Gluten-Free with Vegan Coconut Cream Frosting. Enjoy! View the full recipe: http://www.elanaspantry.com/2008/05/20/carrot-cake/
Provided by Elanas Pantry
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 1 cake, 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, agave and oil.
- Stir carrots, raisins and walnuts into wet ingredients.
- Stir wet ingredients into dry.
- Place batter into 2 well greased, round 9 Inch cake pans.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes.
- Cool to room temperature and spread with coconut frosting.
- Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 221.3, Fat 15.8, SaturatedFat 2.1, Cholesterol 105.8, Sodium 650.8, Carbohydrate 17.1, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 10.7, Protein 5.7
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER CARROT CAKE
This is the recipe for the cake served at the Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois. I found this recipe in a Springfield newspaper, I think it's the State Journal Register. It's a darn good cake.
Provided by Hey Jude
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Blend flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
- Set aside.
- Combine sugar, oil and eggs.
- Beat 2 minutes on medium speed.
- Add dry ingredients to the oil mixture and beat 1 minute.
- Add carrots and nuts.
- Mix until blended.
- Pour batter into a 13x9-inch cake pan, or two 9-inch layer cake pans.
- Bake 35 to 45 minutes.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- To make icing, cream the margarine and cream cheese.
- Add powdered sugar and mix well.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Beat until creamy.
- *Toreduce fat in cake batter, replace half of the corn oil with applesauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 750.2, Fat 45.2, SaturatedFat 10.1, Cholesterol 61.2, Sodium 511.3, Carbohydrate 83.2, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 63.5, Protein 6.4
Tips:
- Use fresh carrots. Fresh carrots have a sweeter flavor and more nutrients than older carrots.
- Grate the carrots finely. This will help them distribute evenly throughout the cake and give it a smooth texture.
- Use a combination of spices. The spices in this recipe (cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger) give the cake a warm and inviting flavor. Feel free to experiment with other spices, such as allspice, cloves, or cardamom.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing can make the cake tough. Mix the batter just until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. This is the best way to ensure that the cake is cooked through.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it. This will help the frosting set properly.
- Store the cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can also freeze the cake for up to 2 months.
Conclusion:
This carrot cake is a delicious and festive dessert that is perfect for Memorial Day or any other special occasion. The cake is moist and flavorful, with a sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting. It is also easy to make, so even beginner bakers can enjoy it.
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