Indulge your sweet cravings with our delectable Glazed Raisin Sheet Cake, a classic dessert that combines simplicity and irresistible flavor. This timeless cake is a perfect treat for any occasion, whether it's a cozy family gathering or a special celebration. With its moist, tender crumb, sweet glaze, and abundance of plump raisins, this cake is sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
This article provides not just one, but two delightful variations of the Glazed Raisin Sheet Cake recipe. The first recipe is a classic rendition that showcases the harmonious blend of raisins and a sweet glaze. The second recipe takes a unique twist by incorporating tangy lemon zest and a drizzle of lemon glaze, adding a refreshing citrusy note to the traditional cake.
Both recipes are meticulously explained with step-by-step instructions, ensuring that even beginner bakers can achieve success. The ingredient list is straightforward, featuring pantry staples like flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. The process involves simple mixing and baking techniques, making it an accessible treat for home cooks of all skill levels.
Entice your taste buds with the classic Glazed Raisin Sheet Cake, a timeless dessert that embodies comfort and sweetness. Alternatively, embark on a delightful culinary adventure with the Lemon Glazed Raisin Sheet Cake, where bright citrus flavors dance harmoniously with the traditional cake. Whichever recipe you choose, you're guaranteed a delectable treat that will leave you and your loved ones wanting more.
OLD-FASHIONED BOILED RAISIN CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR FROSTING
Old-Fashioned Boiled Raisin Cake is topped with a delicious homemade brown sugar frosting.
Provided by Barbara
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 17
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!
Nutrition Facts : Carbohydrate 95 g, Protein 3 g, Fat 15 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, Cholesterol 38 mg, Sodium 246 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 62 g, Calories 513 kcal, ServingSize 1 serving
RAISIN BAR SHEET CAKE
This is my mother's recipe from when we were kids, and the first recipe I prepared solo as a child. My mother's old cookbook still bears the traces of a cooking mishap. I had a little problem with the hot water and a metal bowl. Needless to say, don't pick up a metal bowl with boiling water in it -- it's HOT. Icing the cake while slightly warm is essential, the icing goes on much easier and forms a nice glaze. It's very moist cross between a bar and a cake.
Provided by Kathy
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 40m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 17 x 11 x 2 pan.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients. Pour into baking pan.
- Bake 20 minutes. If you are using a dark baking pan, check for doneness at 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
- Make Icing: Put powdered sugar into a bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine water and butter, than add vanilla and syrup.
- Add to sugar and beat until creamy, adding water to obtain correct consistency.
- Drizzle over slightly warm cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 258.3, Fat 9.3, SaturatedFat 2.4, Cholesterol 15.9, Sodium 81.5, Carbohydrate 42.6, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 28.8, Protein 2.4
RAISIN SHEET CAKE
I found this in Taste of Home. Try this when you're cooking for a crowd! This tasty sheet cake with its creamy glaze is irrisistible!
Provided by truebrit
Categories Dessert
Time 35m
Yield 1 sheetcake, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small bowl, soak raisins in boiling water for 5 minutes.
- Drain, reserving 1 cup liquid; set raisins and liquid aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs and mix well.
- In another bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with the reserved raisin liquid.
- Fold in raisins by hand.
- Pour into a greased 15" x 10" x 1" pan.
- Bake at 375F for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl.
- Pour over warm cake, and spread evenly.
- When cool, cut into bars.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 250.9, Fat 8.9, SaturatedFat 5.4, Cholesterol 39.5, Sodium 193.5, Carbohydrate 41.3, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 25.3, Protein 2.8
PUMPKIN SHEET CAKE
This cake is great for potlucks!
Provided by Sandy Rowe
Categories Fruits and Vegetables Vegetables Squash
Time 2h
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl, beat pumpkin, 2 cups white sugar, and oil. Add eggs, and mix well.
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add these dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, and beat until well blended. Pour batter into a greased 15 x 10 inch baking pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter or margarine, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar, and mix well. Add milk until frosting reaches desired spreading consistency. Frost cake, and sprinkle with nuts.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 362 calories, Carbohydrate 42.8 g, Cholesterol 49.5 mg, Fat 20.4 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 282.9 mg, Sugar 31.3 g
GLAZED PECAN-RAISIN CAKE
This recipe from reader Carol J. Rhodes of Houston, Texas, is lighter in texture and more delicate than traditional fruitcake, yet keeps all its appeal with nutmeg, pecans, raisins, and a touch of brandy.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes Bundt Cake Recipes
Time 1h45m
Number Of Ingredients 11
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 592 g, Fat 32 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 7 g
EASY RAISIN CAKE
A not too sweet cake packed with raisins. Perfect with coffee or tea and a wonderful departure from the typically sweet holiday goodies.
Provided by Nancy W. Markey
Categories Desserts Cakes Spice Cake Recipes
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 10 x 10 inch baking pan.
- In a large saucepan boil the raising with the water for 10 minutes. Add the butter or margarine and let cool.
- In the same pan add the flour, soda, salt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped nuts (optional), mix well and pour batter into a lightly greased 10x10 inch baking pan
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Serves 8 to 12.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 149.7 calories, Carbohydrate 20.8 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 7.2 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 1.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 129.1 mg, Sugar 12.1 g
GAIL'S RAISIN CAKE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
- In a saucepan, combine raisins and water. Bring to a boil and let boil for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add butter, sugar and brown sugar. Stir to mix and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Add the raisin mixture and the nuts. Stir together until smooth.
- Pour batter into a 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.7 calories, Carbohydrate 40.3 g, Cholesterol 20.3 mg, Fat 11.1 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 5.2 g, Sodium 357.4 mg, Sugar 24.3 g
JIM'S APPLE RAISIN POUND CAKE WITH PRALINE GLAZE
This is a very moist cake. With all the grated apples, raisins and pecans, it could stand alone without a topping; however with the praline glaze....well, you be the judge!
Provided by JimJimmy
Categories Desserts Specialty Dessert Recipes Praline Recipes
Time 1h50m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, allspice, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
- In a large bowl, mix the vegetable oil, 2 cups of sugar, eggs, apples, 1 cup of pecans, and raisins. Mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, and pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out with moist crumbs, about 70 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.
- For glaze, mix 1/2 cup of white sugar, the brown sugar, half and half, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and boil, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens to a syrup, 5 to 10 minutes. A candy thermometer will read 220 degrees F (105 degrees C). At that point, stir in butter, 1 cup of pecans, and vanilla extract. Continue to cook and stir until the syrup reaches 234 degrees F (110 degrees C). Allow the glaze to cool for 5 minutes, then spread the warm glaze over the cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 492.4 calories, Carbohydrate 52.9 g, Cholesterol 51.6 mg, Fat 30.7 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 4.7 g, SaturatedFat 6.9 g, Sodium 259.9 mg, Sugar 35.1 g
RAISIN SPICE CAKE
This recipe is an old-time favorite that was given to me by my mother-in-law. She told me the cake shouldn't be eaten the day it's baked...aging makes it so much better. She once entered this cake in a contest and won first prize!
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h
Yield 12-15 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a saucepan, combine raisins and water. Cook until plump. Drain and set aside raisins, reserving 10 tablespoons cooking liquid. , In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Combine flour, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg and salt; set aside. Combine milk, soda, eggs and reserved cooking liquid. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in cooked raisins. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 340 calories, Fat 8g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 43mg cholesterol, Sodium 207mg sodium, Carbohydrate 64g carbohydrate (42g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
Tips:
- Prep the Pan Properly: Line the baking sheet with parchment paper for easy removal and cleanup. Make sure the paper extends beyond the edges of the pan so you can easily lift the cake out.
- Use Fresh, Plump Raisins: Soaking the raisins in hot water for 15 minutes plumps them up and ensures they stay moist in the cake.
- Cream the Butter and Sugar Thoroughly: This step incorporates air into the batter, resulting in a lighter, fluffier cake. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Gradually Add the Eggs: Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. This helps prevent the batter from curdling.
- Mix the Dry Ingredients Separately: This ensures that they are evenly distributed throughout the batter. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl before adding them to the wet ingredients.
- Don't Overmix the Batter: Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake. Mix the batter only until the ingredients are combined. A few lumps are okay.
- Bake at the Right Temperature: The cake should be baked at 350°F (175°C) for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the Cake Cool Completely Before Glazing: This allows the cake to set and makes it easier to glaze. Let the cake cool for at least 1 hour before glazing.
Conclusion:
This classic glazed raisin sheet cake is an easy and delicious treat that is perfect for any occasion. With its moist, fluffy texture, sweet glaze, and plump raisins, this cake is sure to be a hit. Follow the tips above to ensure your cake turns out perfectly every time. Enjoy!
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