Thanksgiving Recipes
Caramel-Carrot Poke Cake
For extra richness and sweetness, tender carrot cake is topped with creamy, ready-to-spread frosting and drizzled with caramel ice cream topping.
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® carrot cake mix*
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 3 eggs
- 1 (16 to 17.5 ounce) jar caramel or butterscotch topping
- 1 container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla ready-to-spread frosting
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom only of rectangular pan, 13 x 9 x 2 inches, with shortening or spray bottom with cooking spray.
- Beat cake mix, water, butter and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour into pan.
- Bake for 27 to 33 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool for 15 minutes.
- Poke top of warm cake every 1/2 inch with handle of wooden spoon, wiping handle occasionally to reduce sticking.
- Reserve 1/2 cup caramel topping. Drizzle remaining caramel topping evenly over top of cake; let stand about 15 minutes or until caramel topping has been absorbed into cake. Run knife around side of pan to loosen cake.
- Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled.
- Set aside 2 tablespoons of the reserved 1/2 cup caramel topping. Stir remaining topping into frosting; spread over top of cake.
- Drizzle with reserved 2 tablespoons caramel topping.
- Store covered in refrigerator.
Notes
* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.
Nutrition
Per serving: Calories 450 (Calories from Fat 120), Total Fat 13g (Saturated Fat 7g, Trans Fat 1/2g), Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 430mg; Total Carbohydrate 79g (Dietary Fiber 0g, 0 Sugars 64g), Protein 3g
Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 6%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 8%; Iron 4%
Exchanges: 1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat
Carbohydrate Choices: 5
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Betty Crocker Kitchens