Is My Blog Burning? – Apple Cranberry Torte

Here is a contribution which I received via email from non-food blogger, Shiewie of Malaysia. Enjoy!

Made an Apple Cranberry Torte from Marian Burros and Lois Levine's "The New Elegant But Easy Cookbook". The recipe for their plum torte (same recipe but with fresh plum halves instead) first appeared in the New York Times in 1981 and has been published in the paper almost every year in one form or another since then. It's one of my favourite cakes as the sharp tangy taste of the fruit goes very very well with the buttery cake.

The recipe is also available on numerous websites, so here's a link to a couple of them (saves me typing it out) - http://www.recipeusa.org/Cranberries/PLUM%20TORTE%20OR%20APPLE%20%20CRANBERRY%20TORTE%2021997.htm
and
http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/cakes/27/rec2718.html.

Have made the plum torte in the past - I couldn't find any plums in the supermarket so decided to make the apple cranberry version today instead. I find the plum torte a teeny bit dry so I added a quarter cup of buttermilk to the batter today (think it was just a bit too much - it was a little too moist - will reduce it to 2 tablespoons of buttermilk in the future). The buttermilk did help to make the cake texture much lighter than it is per the original recipe.

The cake before it goes into the oven…

And fresh from the oven…

Mmmm… cake is served…

Text and photos by Shiewie, Malaysia. All rights reserved. Published here with permission.
Additional text in italics by Renee.