Comm 111 Post #9

So, after searching the LDS Living website I found another really good recipe that contained the items from the list of food that I posted earlier. This recipe is actually a dessert. It contains oranges, orange juice, and cranberries. So, if you're allergic to those two items do not make this no matter how delicious it might look. It wouldn't be worth dying over. I'm pretty sure many would agree with me on this. You're probably wondering too, why all the sudden a dessert post when she was just talking about how healthy color is to have in food and such, well I'm in a dessert mood that's why, so don't question my motives. haha Here's the recipe!

Cranberry Orange Cake

Makes 10 servings

· 1 cup butter

· 2 cups sugar

· 4 eggs, room temperature

· 1½ teaspoons vanilla

· Zest from 1 orange

· 3 cups flour, divided

· 1 teaspoon baking powder

· ½ teaspoon salt

· 1 12-oz. pkg. fresh cranberries

· Glaze: 2 tablespoons orange juice and 1 cup powdered sugar

1. In a large bowl, use a mixer to cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, vanilla, and orange zest.

2. In a separate bowl, sift 2¾ cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Blend with creamed mixture.

3. Fold in remaining ¼ cup flour and the cranberries.

4. Cut waxed or parchment paper in an oval shape to fit 6-quart oval slow-cooker; put in bottom of slow-cooker. Pour batter into slow-cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 hours, until toothpick inserted

in the middle comes out clean.

5. When cool, place large oval plate on top of slow-cooker insert. Flip over slow-cooker so that the cake comes out onto the plate. Remove waxed paper.

6. Make glaze by whisking the orange juice and powdered sugar until smooth. Drizzle glaze over the top of the cake.

Also if you're not a huge fruit person I apologize you probably won't like this recipe very much, but that's ok because that just means there's more for the rest of world. For those of you who do make this, let me know how it goes, I'm going to make it when I go home and I can not WAIT to try it. Yummy!!!