I'd like to wish everyone a great Thanksgiving, filled with fun, food and family! Enjoy the day no matter what you find your self doing!!
Vintage Thanksgiving Postcard - dated 1925....lots of wear, but still a goodie!!
You maybe can enlarge to read the message, I love finding postcards that were written on and mailed. They are lots of fun to read.
One thing about looking through vintage cookbooks and recipes is you never know what kind of gem might be lurking there within the pages. This recipe I am going to share is just that...a gem! I love how it turned out and great for holiday dessert tables.
Yummo!! Does this upside down cranberry cake not look divine!!! Even if I do say so myself!! Glad it turned out, as sometimes the directions are a bit sketchy in old cookbooks. Recipe below!
CranberryUpside-Down Cake
Topping: 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup light brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar, 2 cups frozen cranberries
To make topping, slice butter into thin pieces. place in bottom of round cake pan (8 inch). Sprinkle with walnuts over butter. Wash and dry cranberries, pour over nuts.
Cake: 1/2 cup almond paste (not marzipan), 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter at room temperature, 1 1/4 cup flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. salt, 3 eggs, 1 Tbl. orange zest.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. ( I used the paddle attachment on my stand mixer) beat almond paste in low speed for about 2 minutes or until broken up. Add sugar, increase speed and keep beating until almond paste is fine as possible. Add butter and mix until creamy and pale in coloring. (aprox 1 minute) Add eggs, one at a time scraping down sides. Add orange zest mix well. Sift flour, salt and baking powder. Turn off mixer and add dry ingredients in three batches mixing by hand. Don't over beat or mix. Pour in prepared pan over cranberry mixture, spread smooth, (this will be thick). Bake for about 40-50 minutes. Let rest for 10 to 12 minutes and turn out of pan onto serving plate. Cool and cover with glass dome.
I used my grandmothers vintage clear glass cake plate.....This is so pretty for Thanksgiving dessert or for Christmas
And because I am thankful for all of my blogging friends,all of you who show up here and always have something great to share or say..... I'd like to host a little giveaway...one that will continue to give all throughout 2012.I have not had a giveaway in a while, and thought it was high time to do so!!
Sunday, I will randomly draw one name from the comment section for a one year subscription to Southern Living Magazine. Just leave a comment to this post and tell me what you are most looking forward to this holiday season and you are entered!! Myself...I am most looking forward to spending time with my family and keeping family traditions alive......let the fun begin!!
for the record, Southern Living does not know me, nor do they know I am having a giveaway....I just love the magazine and would love to share with one of you guys!!! Happy Thanksgiving...and Happy Vintage Thingie Thursday!
Suzanne,
ReplyDeleteI adore old post cards and collect them...and I agree 100% I love to read the back of them. I know they are worth more if not used, but to me they are more valuable with the written word on them.
May you and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Such a neat postcard!
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Wishing you a Blessed Thanksgiving!
Thanks for hostessing another great party - I posted that we're ready for our 43 Thanksgiving guests. Can't wait for Thursday to enjoy our family. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
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I'd love the magazine. I'm thankful this year for the everyday blessings of all the children in my K-5 reading classes. They make me smile everyday.♥♫
ReplyDeleteOh that does look yummy! And I agree, your grandmother's glass plate adds to the elegance!
ReplyDeleteI always look most forward to our party, UNO and the Fabulous Dessert Bar. My close friends from Michigan visit and we have dinner out, then endless sweets, most which I bake as well as a huge assortment of everyone's favorite holiday candies while we play UNO for a few hours. Funny thing, I couldn't tell you who's won in any of the years we've played!
I am looking forward to time off from work, and more family time! I cannot wait!!! Thank you for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI love your grannies glass plate and the cake looks so elegant and festive in it. I will make this cake for sure this year!! Thanks for hostessing again and having me and thank you for the great giceaway chance, for me American magazines are a treasure, hpe I'm lucky! Happy Thanksgiving and God bless you all. FABBY
ReplyDeleteO, my goodness. Can I just lick the bowl?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you posted a postcard. I have a lot of them in my video that I posted.
ReplyDeleteThat recipes looks wonderful!! Will have to try it. I am looking forward to being with my children and grandchildren this Holiday Season!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat am I looking forward to? Actually, having some cranberry sauce :) I am on Warfarin (blood thinner medication) and one has to really restrict the amount of cranberry products one consumes - but a little bit once in a great while is o.k. So besides being with my family, I want my cranberry sauce! lol :)
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Beautiful postcard! And that cake looks delightful! Happy Thanksgiving from the Steadmans and Zeke the Chiweenie! Sandie/steadmanscorner.blogspot
ReplyDeleteWow, your dessert looks so pretty! I've been thinking about how I should get into my Grammy's old cookbooks and make some of that stuff. Maybe I will! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity for the giveaway! I think the thing I am most looking forward to this holiday season is...hmmmm... Ok, this is going to sound funny but I'm in a rut and I need to snap out of it! (I just realized that as I was trying to think of something to write here... I WANT TO BE EXCITED!!! :) Ok, so the thing I am most looking forward to is getting out my Christmas decorations so I can find my Bath and Body Works oil warmer so I can use my 3 bottles of holiday scents. Isn't that pathetic???!!! I need to perk up a little bit, don't I? Ha!
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
HaPpY vInTaGe ThInGiE tHuRsDaY!
Sarah
Thanks for hosting a party on Thanksgiving day. Now, that's somethin' to be thankful for!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you!
ReplyDeleteHi Suzanne! Glad to be home although Arizona was wonderful and warm! I am grateful and thankful to have my kids here with us. We will have a full house today with 10 of us sitting at the Thanksgiving table. Zach, Rebekah's beau is adding some of his family favorite dishes to our table! That cake looks glorious! Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving to you. Love that Southern Living. I also look forward to hanging our stockings and enjoying sharing memories around the table! Anne
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this party every week - I am grateful to read so many great posts every week. Happy Thanksgiving from Canada!
ReplyDeleteWow, 1925... Imagine writing a postcard or letter today that someone will appreciate 86 years from now!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving from a Canadian neighbour!
No need to put me in the draw as I am not in the US, but for this Holiday Season I am most looking forward to having Christmas Lights outside and a Tree for the first time in three years!
Happy Thanksgiving Suzanne!
ReplyDeleteLove that cake-its gorgeous!
Happy Thanksgiving, Suzanne! The cake looks amazing. I am going to try that recipe for Christmas. Thank you for continuing to host Vintage Thursdays--I look forward to it every week.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great blog
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Happy Thanksgiving to you! In 2012, I'd like to focus on thankfulness and giving to others!
ReplyDeleteLovely Party here.I will join it :)
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Håkan ( The Roseman)
I am looking forward to spending time with my family. Somehow we make it a priority to spend lots of time together just hanging out (or crafting). Thanks for the chance to get this magazine. I used to sell Souther Living at Home so I received the magazine then, but quit getting it a few years ago. I miss it and would enjoy getting it again.
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Janelle
I always look forward to watching the grands open their presents, and the sheer delight of the anticipation of Santa coming.
ReplyDeleteThis year we have an added little grand. My son has a 4 yr. old foster child that they may get to adopt. He gets sooooo excited over anything he does. Add him to another 4 yr. old and a 6 yr. old, and there is nothing but fun!
My hubby loved pineapple upside down cake so I know he would love this...they are fun to make!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance at the great giveaway!!
XO,
Jane
Thanks for the giveaway...what a neat idea!
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Sherry
I really enjoy making gifts for others and also truly reflecting on the gift that was given to me in the birth of Jesus. What an incredible, lovely gift He was and is! :)
ReplyDeleteI like many, am looking forward to spending time with my family. It has been two years since we've all been together and I can't wait!!
ReplyDeleteBest to you, Chris
I love that recipe and will certainly try it! Thanks for sharing...the older ones are better,huh? I love this time of the year because it is a time of tradition and family for me! My four sisters and I plan a gathering and all our children come in for the Holiday. We have so much fun and each year put on a talent show for my 82 year old mom, who loves it all! She even help with the cooking...a feast! This is the happiest of time for our entire family! All The Best...Hugs!
ReplyDeleteI am doing this a right at the end of Saturday for all on the east coast...it's about 11 pm there (9 pm for me!) but I would like to be enetered in the contest! I am looking forward to getting to spend Christmas (and I just got to spend Thanksgiving) with our daughter, son-in-law and grandson for the first time in several years. We had missed them SO MUCH! Family is to most important part of the Holidays, because, after Christ, they are the most important blessing God has given us! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and that your Christmas also is truly blessed!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to time with family & creating new memories.
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Oh my that cake is to die for!Definetly on my list to try. I would love just a quiet Christmas with my family and Christmas Eve services at my church, thinking about the real meaning of Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI mostly look forward to spending time with my husband's side of the family. They're such a hoot. Thanks for the giveaway.
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