I got the one with the sweetest ways

[sovay]

Behold the spider cake!





It does not resemble a spider. It looks—and tastes—like a sweet cornbread with a kind of double-layered custard floated on top, which would be the baked cream. spatch has found evidence suggesting the name actually comes from the three-legged cast-iron skillet known as a spider, although the upper surface did fissure attractively as it cooled. I love our new cast-iron skillet even if it has no legs at all. It can bake in an oven and we can make this dessert.

Comments

[gwynnega]

Looks delicious!

[nineweaving]

Oh, that looks delicious!

The name probably does refer to the vessel it was cooked in.

Well done you for mastering it! Madame Buttery once baked me a “herby pie” (chicken and leek, double crusted) in a cast-iron skillet buried in the embers on my hearth fire.

Nine

[selkie]

It wooooorked! I guess I assumed the name was from “cake you can make in a spider,” as Spatch suggests, but the main question is, how is cornbread creme brûlée a la whompin’ skillet?

[kathmandu]

The skillet-with-legs I saw a picture of had way more than three legs. More like six. So 'spider' was very much a term that came to mind.

Congratulations on your successful baking.

[minoanmiss]

Oh yes I am here for yankee sweet cornbread ways.

[alexxkay]

Idunno, those dots on top look kinda like spider eyes to me.

[luzula]

Oh, I remember coming across a recipe for spider cake once, and trying it out! It was quite delicious. And coming to the same conclusion about the word "spider".

[strange_complex]

🎵 Spider-cake, spider-cake,
Does whatever a spider-cake does! 🎵

I actually don't think I would much like this particular cake, as I am not a fan of custard. The top does look cool, though, and I'm very happy that you will get to enjoy it.

[cmcmck]

Looks yummy! :o)

[imagine_that]

Looks tasty! Although, I think the idea of a "spider cake" would give me moment's pause... ;) But the tripod skillet thing makes sense.

[regshoe]

What an endearingly strange name, wherever it comes from :D It looks lovely!

[oracne]

I must try this.

Cornbread is always best in an iron skillet because CRUST. The Yorkshire Puddings I made for Xmas turned out great in them, too.

[aurumcalendula]

Ooh! Now I want to try making this.

[asakiyume]

Yummmmmmmm! I am definitely going to try this.

[jesse_the_k]

Mmmm, that is one tasty looking concoction.

Skillet baking creates marvelous crust.

My gluten-free cornbread also has vegan options, in happy contemplation of the day you can host not-you for dinner

https://gluten-free.dreamwidth.org/75882.html