Sylvia's Scenario

My turkey cake is done!  This year I used a recipe from Chocolate Chocolate and More   blog.  I like to make a turkey cake to eat for Thanksgiving morning so it's more like a coffee cake.  I look for bundt cake recipes which work well for my turkey pans.  This one will be a real treat and it will certainly live up to the occasion. 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1-3/4 cups sugar 3 large eggs 2 tsp. vanilla 3 cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup sour cream 2 cups fresh cranberries 1 cup chopped walnuts For frosting 2-3 ounces white chocolate (chips, candy melts or bark all work well) 1 tsp. shortening, if needed 1. In a medium bowl, combine cranberries with 2 Tbsp. flour, tossing to coat berries.  Set aside. 2.  Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.  Add in vanilla.   Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. 3.  In a separate bowl, combine...

It's a turkey cake!  I bought this turkey-shaped cake pan a few years ago and never used it, so I thought I'd try it this year and yep, it turned out looking like a turkey!  The recipe is delicious, however.  If you want it to turn out looking lovely, use a bundt pan, which I've used in the past, and it will turn out looking like this! Serve this cake as a coffee cake or with whipped cream for a luscious dessert. We have always used it as a coffee cake for breakfast. This year, we will wake up to a turkey coffee cake for breakfast! Inside, it looks just like the one above but on the outside, it looks like, well, a turkey! Gobble, gobble! Serves 10-12 1/2 cup butter 4 eggs 2-1/2 cups flour 1 Tbsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1-1/4 cups sugar 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/4 cup buttermilk 3 cups peeled and coarsely chopped pears and/or apples 1 cup cranberries, coarsely chopped powdered sugar 1.  Let butter and eggs stand at room temperature for 3...

My daughter always made the cranberry sauce for our Thanksgiving.  Just add fresh cranberries to a pan with sugar- water, heat up, stir to boiling and listen for all the cranberries to pop and then smash them with the spoon.  It's fun to make!  It solidifies by itself when cooled to make a nice, homemade sauce.  I splurged a few years ago and bought a cranberry mold and it included a recipe for a fancy cranberry sauce with orange added to the sauce.  But really, the plain old cranberry sauce is what we all like the best I like using the extra cranberries from the bag to garnish other dishes, too. Makes 2-1/4 cups 3/4 cup water 1 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon table salt 1(12-ounce) bag fresh cranberries  Bring water, sugar, and salt to boil in medium saucepan over high heat, stirring occasionally to dissolve sugar. Stir in cranberries; return to boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer until saucy, slightly thickened, and about two-thir...