"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!"
~Hamilton Wright Mabie
CRANBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
~ Good old-fashioned holiday dessert (Detroit Free Press clipping)
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10 Tbsp. room temperature unsalted butter
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar, divided
4 cups fresh cranberries plus 1 cup for garnish
1 1⁄4 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 1⁄2 tsp. baking powder
1⁄4 tsp. salt
1 large room temperature organic egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2⁄3 cup milk
zest of 1 large orange
1⁄3 cup red currant jelly
1⁄2 cup unsweetened heavy cream (plus 1 Tbsp. powdered sugar)
or good vanilla ice cream
- Preheat oven to 350º. Adjust oven rack to lower quarter of oven.
- Spread 4 Tbsp. of butter on bottom and sides of an iron skillet (heavier on the bottom). Sprinkle 1⁄2 plus 2 Tbsp. of sugar on bottom of pan. Place cranberries in pan. Set aside.
- In large mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt and remaining 1⁄2 cup of sugar. Set aside.
- In medium mixing bowl, beat remaining 6 Tbsp. butter until soft. Add flour mixture alternately with the milk. Mix until just combined Stir in orange zest. Pour batter over berries, smooth top and bake for 1 hours (top of cake will get very brown).
- Remove from oven and cool on rack for 20 minutes. With a paring knife, cut around sides of pan to loosen cake. Put the serving plate on top of the pan and invert so cake unmold on the plate.
- In small saucepan, heat jelly over low heat. Pour melted jelly over the entire surface of cake, bringing it to the edges with the back of the spoon. Let cool completely.
- Just before serving, whip whipping cream and powered sugar.
- Serve cake at room temperature with whipped cream or ice cream. (8-10 servings)
Comments
You can never go wrong with a big pan of apple crisp, Monica! Everyone loves it! Now, where is our Christmas snow? Every place else seems to be getting the gift!
Happy Christmas my friend... can't wait to try your yummy recipes this week!
donna
Christmas will soon be here. Time for families to gather. Time for sharing and making memories. Love to you.
Today's word verifidation: bedbumm (ha! I had a terrible cold last week - describes me perfectly!)
Ronell
I hear you, Donna :) Even with rich flourless chocolate cake!
Hope you're feelin' better, Shady. Yes, a busy time ... actually grandboys have been spending a lot of time here with us, including last night. So enjoy having them near and seeing Christmas joy through their wondering eyes. Have a wonderful holiday season! BIG HUGS xxoo
You're like me, Ronell .... love warm/cold dessert with melting ice cream. A favorite is my Cranberry Cobbler (http://tinyurl.com/ya3xhro). Merry Christmas!
Joey I have a question for you. Those photo collections that you do sometimes (like in the Acoustics of the Seasno post, etc) What are they called? What sort of software do you need to do them? I keep wanting to call them collages but that's not quite right. I know lots of people do them but I don't know whether they come through flickr or one of those other sites or use software or what, and I want to try to do them occasionally on my blog.
Thanks Helen :) I wish you more than a few flakes ... a blanket of snow for a 'magical' Christmas. Happy Holidays!
... and a very Merry Christmas to you, dear Dee! I love Cranberry bread, and scones, and Cranberry French Toast, and Cranberry Salmon, and Cranberry Pork Tenderloin, and Cranberry Brie, and Cranberry Cobbler and Cranberry ...
i hope you enjoying your season.
happy december.
Martha Stewart has nothing on you, Joey...and after visiting your blog, I now know that Santa drinks Chardonnay...well, I suppose that's fine once in awhile!
Merry Christmas and a warm holiday season to you and yours!
Delighted to hear from you, Kim, and thank you for the lovely comment. Hope your Internet issues have been resolved and that your Christmas is merry & bright!