Ellies Cranberry Cake With Lemon Butter Sauce Food

LEMON-OLIVE OIL CAKE WITH CRANBERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan and line with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, almond meal, salt, baking powder, baking soda, poppy seeds and lemon zest. In a small bowl, whisk the lemon juice and yogurt until very smooth. In a large bowl, whisk the granulated sugar and olive oil until combined, then whisk in the eggs, one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Stir in the almond extract. Whisk in the flour mixture in three batches, alternating with the yogurt mixture in two batches, whisking well after each addition.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze: Combine the cranberries and water in a small saucepan over low heat and cook, smashing the cranberries with a rubber spatula as needed, until they start to break down and release their juices, 5 to 10 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl, pressing on the solids with the rubber spatula and scraping off the bottom of the sieve. Add the confectioners' sugar and salt and mix until the glaze is smooth and spreadable. (It will seem like a lot of sugar at first but it will eventually incorporate.) If the glaze is too thick, add a couple drops of water. If it's too thin, add a pinch of confectioners' sugar.
• Spread the glaze over the top of the cake, allowing some to drip down the sides. Decorate as desired.

APPLE-CRANBERRY CAKE WITH CIDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Grease and flour a 9 or 10 inch springform pan; Or 2 loaf pans; Or 1 Bundt pan. In a medium bowl, stir flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt until blended.
• Beat butter in a large bowl with mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add sugars; beat 2 minutes or until fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time until well blended. On low speed alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Reserve ½ Celsius diced apples and 2 T. cranberries. Stir remaining apples and cranberries into batter and spread evenly in prepared pan(s).
• Topping: Put sugar, flour, butter, cinnamon and ginger in a medium bowl. Mix with fingers until crumbly. Stir in pecans and reserved apple and cranberries; sprinkle on batter.
• Bake 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes or until a wooded toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on a wire rack before removing pan sides. Serve with cider sauce.
• Cider Sauce: (Optional).
• Stir cider, syrup, sugar and lemon juice in a medium saucepan until blended. Bring to a boil, reduce heat slightly, and boil gently 15 minutes or until reduced to 1 1/3 cup.
• Meanwhile, stir butter, cornstarch and cinnamon in a cup until smooth. Reduce heat to low; whisk into cider mixture. Simmer 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Serve warm or room temperature.

CRANBERRY CAKE WITH ALMOND-BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease an 8-in. square baking pan., Beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Beat in milk. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; stir into butter mixture. Stir in cranberries. Transfer to prepared pan., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack., For sauce, in a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add sugar and cream; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in extract. Serve warm with cake.