Fall Harvest Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in flour, salt and baking soda until smooth. Stir in apples and nuts. Pour into pan.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack.
• In 2-quart saucepan, heat all glaze ingredients to boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Spoon glaze over warm cake.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the pumpkin, eggs, oil and vanilla until blended. Combine dry ingredients; gradually stir into pumpkin mixture., Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. , In a small bowl, beat the butter, cream cheese, vanilla, milk and salt until smooth. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until smooth. Frost cake; cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat 2 cups sugar, oil, eggs, orange juice and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in apples. , Spread half of the batter into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over batter. Carefully spread remaining batter over the top. , Bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Garnish with whipped cream and additional cinnamon if desired.

Steps:

• Mix together sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, ginger, oil, vanilla and eggs.
• Add pumpkin to this mixture and stir well.
• Stir in 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup at a time.
• Stir in apples and pecans.
• Bake 60-70 minutes at 350 in a greased and floured bundt pan.
• Ice with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle with nuts.

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, place beets. Add water to cover. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Cook 45 to 60 minutes or until beets are tender. Drain; cool. Peel and finely grate beets to equal 1 cup.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In medium bowl, beat eggs. Gradually add melted chocolate, oil and vanilla, stirring with whisk until blended. Add chocolate mixture to flour mixture, stirring with whisk until blended. Stir in sour cream; mix well. Stir in beets and carrots. Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• Frost cake with chocolate frosting; sprinkle with walnuts. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

Steps:

• To make frosting: blend vanilla, butter, and cream cheese together; incorporate enough powdered sugar until desired spreading consistency is reached.
• To make cake: In a large bowl, mix the first 10 ingredients together; add flour, 1/2 cup at a time.
• Blend in pumpkin; fold in apple and pecans.
• Transfer batter to a greased and floured Bundt pan.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 70 minutes.
• Cool 20 minutes in the pan; remove and complete cooling on wire rack.
• Frost when cool.