Cranberry Crumble Cake

Thanksgiving saw some cranberry sauce shoved into the fridge. This is the first year I celebrated Thanksgiving so it might have been a cranberry relish something-or-other.

But I have the far-sightedness to see beyond cranberry sauce.

I see leftovers. Which means another chance to try a random recipe. Which takes me to this Cranberry Swirl Cake by Laura Owen.

And embracing randomness gives me a great sense of life purpose.

Leading leftover: Cranberry sauce

Cranberry Swirl Cake

The cake:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup low-fat yogurt
8 oz. cranberry sauce

The crumble:
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
3 tablespoons melted butter

1. I made the crumble first by combining the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and butter, and mixing them until it resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.
3. Grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan (why yes, I have a
4. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
6. Sift in 1/3 of the flour, then 1/2 the yogurt. Continue alternating the addition of the flour and yogurt until all is mixed in.
7. Level 1/3 of the batter into the prepared tube pan.
8. Add 1/2 of the cranberry sauce into the batter in random spots.
9. Get a toothpick, stick in batter and do swirling action to create a marbling effect.
10. Repeat the previous step with the other 1/3 of the batter and half of the cranberry sauce.
11. Top off with last third of the batter.
12. Place the crumble evenly around the batter.
13. Bake 55 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. If after 30 minutes, the crumble is starting to burn, place aluminium foil to protect the crumble and continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

What would The Failed Chef do next time?

• The cake is tasty when fresh out of the oven. After 2 days the crumble starts to go soft and I put it in the oven, then the cake becomes less moist. Not sure what to do about the crumble.
• Definitely will try this recipe again if I get a similar amount of cranberry for leftovers because other people loved it (comments like "Eh, can sell you know?" Ahem!) but it's hard to finish unless we have guests because neither B nor I like cranberry.