The cranberry jam was quick- orange and cranberry cooked with sugar and water:
The recipe will be here.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
TWD- Not-Just-for Thanksgiving Cranberry Shortbread Cake
Do you like cranberries? They, it seems to me, are conflicted. They can be yummy- dried is pretty much the only way I like them. Doused with sugar and canned is the only way most other people I know like them. But this week's TWD was a great new twist to the fickle fruit. Dorie's Cranberry Shortbread Cake is a layer of cranberry jam sandwiched in shortbread.
The cranberry jam was quick- orange and cranberry cooked with sugar and water:
The recipe says to cook the jam for about 5 minutes- mine took closer to 12.
I wasn't really sure what to expect with this- it says "shortbread" but it also says "cake." Which is it? I'm going to say it was really more like shortbread cookies with a layer of jam between.
My kids loved this- they ate it for dessert Sunday night, and then one of them wanted it for breakfast the next morning. I think next time I would leave out the orange zest- the orange flavor almost overpowered the cranberries. Or, skip the cranberries altogether and make with raspberries! Yum!
The recipe will be here.
The cranberry jam was quick- orange and cranberry cooked with sugar and water:
The recipe will be here.
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I wasn't too sure about this one either, but I liked it in the end. I used raspberries for mine. Yours looks lovely.
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Gotta love it when the kids want to eat dessert for breakfast. :) This looks like it turned out perfectly!
ReplyDeleteI thing the only way it can be considered a cake is because of the baking soda.
ReplyDeleteI loved it.
I consider it a hybrid baked good. cake/pie/cookie :) all yummy!
ReplyDeleteHooray for happy, cake eating kiddos! I'm so happy this was a hit in your house. Your cake looks fantastic, and thanks so much for baking along with me this week!
ReplyDeleteI made bar cookies out of them and it was easier for sharing, that's for sure. Looks good!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure what to expect either - shortbread or cake... i think it was somewhere in between :) i'm used to shortbread being crunchy... this did remind me of strawberry shortcakes though!
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