For the last several years, I haven't managed to bake a cake or pie in time for Thanksgiving dinner, so I've made the most of slovenly my ways and created a new, much more relaxing tradition: Morning-After Thanksgiving Cranberry Upside-Down Cake.
After shopping & lugging home groceries on foot, and cooking & cleaning in a teeny-tiny kitchen, any attempt at baking on Thanksgiving day would surely lead to tears. But on the morning after, basking in the glow of a wonderful wine-filled meal, baking a breakfast seems like a treat! No rushing, no pressure, no timing to coordinate, just a cast-iron skillet, a hot oven to take the chill off the morning, and a pot of french press coffee brewing. Or perhaps two pots.
I've always envied the tradition of Boxing Day, an extra day after December 25th to stay home & stay cozy, once the Christmas excitement has ended. We need to recover! Of course, this year on the day after Thanksgiving I'll be baking for customers rather than myself. On my next day off, I will be thrilled to bake my very first Traditional Four Days After Thanksgiving Cranberry Upside-Down Cake. Why not?
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Recipe, please??
I think I put on a pound just looking at that.
"...Oh the noise, noise, noise, noise! If there's one thing I hate...oh the noise, noise, noise, noise!" The Grinch
Yes, please share the recipe!
Where's the recipe, you big tease?!!? ;)
yes.. i want the recipe too :) I love cranberries..
I just made one of these for Thanksgiving dessert and found the recipe through Martha Stewart Every Day Food.
This post clearly needs a recipe!
One day I won't have to work the day after Thanksgiving...and I will make this cake. ;)
Sorry for being such a tease!...but the recipe is a bit of a mishmash. I started with the Cranberry Upside-Down Cake from How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson, reprinted here: http://artfulparent.typepad.com/artfulparent/2009/12/cranberry-upsidedown-cake-addictive.html. But years ago I started making it vegan, based on this recipe from FatFree Vegan Kitchen http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/08/peach-upside-down-cake.html....but I add fat! Probably a 1/3cup walnut or canola oil to the batter, plus a little oil or Earth Balance to the cranberries. It's a hodgepodge but it always works beautifully. Happy Day-After-Thanksgiving!
This is going to taste amazing, I made a gallon on cranberry sauce expecting more people!
Thanks for the recipe links. Before you posted the links I Googled on my own and found this great site and recipe. In my search parameters I used cast iron as well as Cranberry Upside-Down Cake...http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/07/upside-down-cake/
Oh sorry, I Binged and not Googled. Google is notorious for NOT respecting your privacy.
looks yummy!! ive made a marthat stewart FABULOUS cranberry upside down cake that guests rave over every time - i add dried cherries and walnuts in the topping (bottom) too. its really easy to make to - you can whip it up in a matter of minutes - yummmmy - http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/perfect-cranberry-upside-down-cake
Tess, you are forgiven! :)
looks like I could hurt myself:)
ps, I always bake the day before thanksgiving...the day of is also too much for me...and I love to bake every chance I get