Tuesday, September 14, 2010

TWD - Cranberry Upside Downer


This week’s TWD recipe is Cranberry Upside downer and was chosen by Sabrina of Superfluous. I made this cake for pudding on Saturday night when my Mum and Dad and sister and her partner were staying. The cake was delicious and the 5 of us who ate it (Mum is gluten free) ate two helpings each, demolishing the whole cake! That in itself is testament to how good this cake is.

Cranberries are not a common berry in New Zealand and I only had some in the freezer as I had bought them last Christmas to make cranberry relish and as I was pregnant at the time, I never got round to it. You could easily substitute blueberries or raspberries for the cranberries and Dorie suggests substituting peaches. Peaches would work well, but I liked the berries as it didn’t matter how you placed them, the cake still looked good. Dorie didn’t say to line the bottom of the tin for this up-side down cake, but I did, just to make sure that it came out of the tin easily. We had this cake slightly warm with whipped cream. It was delicious and I would definitely make it again. See if the other TWDers loved it too here.

11 comments:

Cakelaw said...

Your cranberry upside-downer looks fabulous - love it!

Peggy said...

Oh I love how yours looks Tammy! Wasn't this just the perfect sized cake. We ate ours up quickly.

Flourchild said...

I will make this again too! Im glad you enjoyed it. It sure looks tasty!!

Judy said...

Your cake looks delicious. Ours disappeared very quickly as well.

Nessie @ bakingequalslove said...

You cake looks so yum! Can you buy frozen cranberries at the supermarket? I don't think I've ever seen them before...such a quintessentially american berry huh? How are ya anyways its been ages! :)

Jeannette said...

yum! i'm glad you tried them with cranberries, it just looks so elegant! :) sounds like it was a hit with everyone else as well ;)

Tammy said...

Hi Nessie

It has been ages! I am good, just busy hence not much baking happening! I got the cranberries at foodtown in Browns Bay last year just before Christmas

Tammy

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Beth said...

That cake looks wonderful! Cranberries aren't my favorite fruit, but I might make it anyhow, just because it's so gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

Looks like a great holiday dish. I'll bookmark for later use.

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