Thanksgiving (food)

[topaz]

Our turkey still had a feather on it!  That was so awesome.


Homemade pumpkin pie with oak leaf pastry decoration, courtesy of primal_pastry.  Made from scratch, starting with a pumpkin!  That woman is so cool.


The infamous chocolate cranberry cake: chocolate cake with a cranberry filling and chocolate glaze.  Sugared cranberries and mint on top.  It worked out even better than I expected: the cake was extremely dense (three times as much butter as flour) and the cranberry was sweet enough that it didn't clash.

Comments

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Did I miss the recipe for the "infamous" cake pictured above? I NEED that for my hubby, who's crazy about both chocolate and cranberries (in that order).

[keyne.livejournal.com]

http://www.womansday.com/Recipes/Dark-Rich-Chocolate-Cranberry-Cake-Recipe

Read it through thoroughly beforehand -- we didn't and were surprised, at 1 am, by stuff like "a fine-mesh sieve" we'd forgotten to track down. :}

Also, we used Maraschino liqueur (http://www.cocktaildb.com/ingr_detail?id=170) in place of "orange liqueur or dark rum"; it worked very well, and I recommend it if you have some.