Category: Eats

(TV Diner) – Thanks to the 2nd Annual Hood New England Dairy Cook-Off and Hood Sour Cream, Laurie Lufkin from Essex, Massachusetts is $10,000 richer! For a complete list of delicious recipes, just to go www.hoodcookoff.com.

Here is Laurie’s Winning recipe-

New England Buttermilk Pumpkin Cakes with Sour Cream Apple Caramel and Dried Cranberries

Makes 6 cakes

PUMPKIN CAKE
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup Hood® Fat Free Buttermilk
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
3 tsp demerara sugar, divided
6 Tbsp sweetened dried cranberries, divided
Hood® Original Instant Whipped Light Cream
SOUR CREAM APPLE CARAMEL
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
3 Tbsp salted butter
1/4 cup Hood® Heavy Cream
3/4 cup Hood® Sour Cream
Pinch salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 Cortland apples, peeled and cut in to 1/2” to 3/4” matchsticks

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 6 1 cup ramekins with nonstick spray. In a medium size bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg, pumpkin, buttermilk and vanilla. Slowly mix in dry ingredients and beat until well combined. Divide batter among ramekins, sprinkle with 1/2 tsp demerara sugar and bake 25 to 28 minutes until a skewer inserted in the center of cake comes out clean. Meanwhile, make the apple caramel. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan, mix the sugar and water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Stir gently until sugar is dissolved. Allow mixture to boil until mixture starts to darken. When the liquid is medium caramel color turn off the heat and whisk in the butter until melted, then the cream and sour cream til smooth. Add salt, vanilla extract and apples. To serve: Plate cakes individually, spoon caramel over top and top with 1 Tbsp cranberries and whipped cream