foodie friday (better late than never)
Oy! Almost missed posting this today – crazy full week.
The moral of this post is this – there is no shame in store-bought pound cake when your oven is broken. Sara Lee has got it going on. 
I needed to bring a desert to work for a team potluck – since I couldn't bake, i relied on a little help from my friends Sara and Martha (Stewart).
Martha Stewart's Cranberry Trifle
Fantastically easy recipe, which just one minor flaw – the sugar measurement seems to be a bit misguided. The IL calls for 2 1/4 cups of sugar – but then tells you to use 2 cups in the Cranberry compote, and the "remaining cup" in the cream filling. Uhm, there's only 1/4 remaining. I knew that this was a potential error from reading the recipe reviews, but I didn't want to oversweeten the filling. So…I turned to this little gem of a bottle -
Eggnog flavoring from King Arthur Flour. Just 1/4 teaspoon added a hint of eggnog flavor to the filling that I think resulted in a really yummy holiday trifle. Positive reviews at work, too!
What did you eat/cook this week? Please share!
4 Comments
Tracy and Aaron
Finally! I’ve been waited (exagerated sigh) all day to be able to link up . . . check back at http://lindybasenji.typepad.com/two_happy_bellies/2011/12/ryans-chicken-marsala.html. Post by Happy Belly Aaron today . . . comment from Happy Belly Tracy (And yum! your trifles always make me drool. why can’t you live closer?)
Katrina Simeck
Ha! Sorry to keep you waiting my friend 🙂 . Your link didn’t work for me the first time, so posting this one in case others have trouble –
http://lindybasenji.typepad.com/two_happy_bellies/2011/12/ryans-chicken-marsala.html
Barb
Here’s mine. . .
http://babssbabble.blogspot.com/2011/12/foodie-friday-3.html
And, Katrina. That trifle is so pretty!!! Is it wrong that that is my favorite thing about trifles?
Off to visit Tracy and Aaron.
Katrina Simeck
Uhm, the pretty is my favorite part. 🙂