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new year cake

I made a Cranberry Upside-Downer Cake for the New Year’s party I went to last night. It was yummy. Emphasis on past tense.

The recipe is from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking from my Home to Yours. I came across the book at the library and have since realized that every baker on the internet has been using it for years. Where was I?

I once had a German roommate who baked a cake every Saturday. God, that was a great year. We would sit perched on Indian bedspread-covered chairs and couches and eat our way through her delicious kuchen.

I’m thinking 2010 should be the Year of the Cake. I love to bake but almost never make cakes — time to rectify this. In my old roommate’s honor I think I’ll try a Bundt next.

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7 Responses to “new year cake”

  1. Katy Says:
    January 3rd, 2010 at 8:39 am

    Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake!

  2. Liza Says:
    January 3rd, 2010 at 9:01 pm

    Oh, this looks wonderful! And I LOVE cake. Much better than cookies, I think. And, (another and) I love that cookbook. It’s my favorite for baking.

  3. Wendy Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 9:12 am

    That looks amazing!
    I concur with the cake chanting!!

  4. Ellen Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    What a richly abunadant start to the New Year.
    Lots of love to all, e

  5. Karin Says:
    January 12th, 2010 at 9:12 am

    Still baking most Saturdays. Old habits die hard.

  6. pinknest Says:
    January 21st, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    So glad you have discovered this book! I worship her. And this cake looks beautiful!

  7. boodely » Blog Archive » year of the cake Says:
    October 19th, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    […] plan for a Year of the Cake petered out pitifully until last week, when I managed to get it back up and limping along by baking […]

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