Cajun Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Beat eggs and sugar.
• Sift dry ingredients and add to egg mixture, mixing well.
• Mix in pineapple.
• Bake in a 13x9 greased pan at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
• Icing:.
• Mix sugar, milk and butter over medium heat until mixture thickens well. Remove from heat and stir in coconut and pecans.
• Pour over cake as soon as you take cake from oven.
• Allow cake to cool before serving.
• Refrigerate leftovers (like you'll have any!).

Steps:

• 1. Mix all cake ingredients well.
• 2. Spray a 9x13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray (like Baker's Joy) and add cake batter.
• 3. Bake for 30 min. at 350.
• 4. In a saucepan cook milk, butter, and sugar.
• 5. Cook until thick stirring often about 15 min.
• 6. Add coconut and pecans.
• 7. Spread over warm cake. Cut in squares.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, 1 1/2 cup sugar, salt and baking soda. Add eggs, pineapple, and juice. Mix at low speed until well blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven until a tester comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Have the topping ready when the cake comes out of the oven.
• To Make Topping: In a saucepan, combine milk, 3/4 cup sugar, and margarine. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add pecans and coconut and combine. Remove from heat.
• When cake comes out of the oven, pour on the topping and carefully spread on while cake is still hot.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the celery, bell pepper, green onion, carrot, and garlic. Continue to cook and stir until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes more.
• Season with 1 tablespoon parsley flakes, 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning, basil, pepper, dill weed, oregano, and thyme. Cook and stir until fragrant, 5 minutes more.
• Transfer cooked vegetables to a large bowl; allow to cool for about 10 minutes. Set skillet aside for later use.
• Stir the beaten eggs into the vegetables. Mix in the crabmeat and cracker crumbs with your hands, making sure not to break up the chunks of crab too much.
• Shape the crab mixture into 12 small cakes.
• Heat vegetable oil in the skillet over medium high heat.
• Pan-fry the crab cakes in batches until golden brown on each side, about 3 minutes.
• To make dipping sauce: Whisk together the mayonnaise, chile-garlic sauce, 2 teaspoon Creole seasoning, 2 teaspoon parsley flakes, and paprika.