Best Cranberry And Cornmeal Cake With Caramel Walnut Topping Sauce Recipes
CRANBERRY CORNMEAL CAKE
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories dessert
Time 1h12m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and orange zest. Measure 3 tablespoons of the flour mixture into a small bowl. Add the chopped cranberries and toss until coated. Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the egg yolks and whole eggs, 1 at a time. Gradually add the flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Using a spatula, gently fold in the cranberries.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the surface with a spatula. Bake until the cake is golden brown, and a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Cut the cake into wedges, arrange on a serving platter and serve with the Caramel Walnut Sauce. (The cake can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight in a plastic container.)
CRANBERRY WALNUT CRUMB CAKES
These sunny, seductive little cakes are perfect mouthfuls of coffeecake from the golden crumb to the zingy cranberry bits to the browned, chunky topping that crumbles apart in your mouth. A basket of these is equally good for breakfast, teatime, or as an autumnal dessert for Thanksgiving. Cranberries are indigenous to America and are harvested in the fall by flooding their fields with water. Each berry contains a bubble of air which causes it to float, float right off the branches of their bush. The only step left is to skim all the glissening garnet colored berries off the surface of the water--and they've already had their bath! All the old baking books in my collection include page after page of coffeecake recipes. Back then, the midmorning coffee break a stimulating cup and a bite of something sweet was a given. Don't we still deserve a little treat to get us through the rest of the day? Everything about the recipe can be done in advance, right down to filling the cups with batter. Just don't sprinkle on the topping (which you can make literally months in advance and keep in the freezer) until just before you bake.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 45m
Yield 24 individual cakes
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Make the Cake. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line the muffin tins with paper liners.
- In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or using a hand mixer), cream the butter until smooth. While the mixer is running, slowly add the sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, waiting for each to be incorporated before adding the next, and mix until light and fluffy.
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Working in batches, add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture, alternating with dollops of sour cream. Mix in the cranberries. Pour or spoon the batter into the prepared tins, filling them no more than 3/4 full.
- Make the Topping: Combine the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add the butter pieces and, using your fingertips, pinch the ingredients together into a sandy, crumbly mixture. Add the walnuts and mix. Sprinkle the mixture over the cakes.
- Bake until risen and browned, about 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in the pan.
CRANBERRY CARAMEL SAUCE
Categories Sauce Food Processor Dessert Thanksgiving Quick & Easy Low Sodium Cranberry Fall Chill Gourmet
Yield Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- In a food processor purée cranberries and transfer to a small bowl.
- In a dry heavy saucepan cook sugar over moderate heat, stirring with a fork, until melted and cook, without stirring, swirling pan, until a golden caramel. Remove pan from heat and carefully add water and cranberry purée (caramel will steam and harden). Return pan to heat and simmer sauce, stirring, 10 minutes, or until caramel is dissolved. Pour sauce through a fine sieve into a heatproof bowl, pressing hard on solids, and cool completely. Sauce may be made 4 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring sauce to room temperature before serving.
CRANBERRY AND CORNMEAL CAKE WITH CARAMEL-WALNUT TOPPING SAUCE
Yield 1 8in Round Cake
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch round cake pan. Place the cranberries in a sieve set over a medium bowl. Spoon the flour over the cranberries and sieve the flour into the bowl. Set the flour-dusted cranberries aside. Mix together the cornmeal, baking powder, and orange zest with the flour. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the egg yolks and whole eggs, 1 at a time. Reduce the speed to low and add the orange juice. Add the flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Fold in the cranberries. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the surface with a spatula. Bake until the cake is golden, about 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool. (The cake can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight in a plastic container.) Remove the cake from the pan. Cut the cake into wedges and drizzle with the Caramel-Walnut Sauce. For the Caramel-Walnut Topping Sauce: In a medium saucepan, mix together the cream, brown sugar, and butter over medium-high heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and simmer until the mixture thickens, about 25 to 30 minutes. Stir in the walnuts and sea salt, if using. Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature.
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