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Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake
Serves | 16 |
Prep time | 30 minutes |
Cook time | 50 minutes |
Total time | 1 hours, 20 minutes |
Meal type | Dessert |
Misc | Gourmet, Pre-preparable |
Occasion | Christmas |
This Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake will fill you with Christmas cheer! Topped with the best cream cheese frosting and garnished with sugared cranberries!
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cups sour cream
- 2 cups fresh cranberries (mixed with 1 TBS flour)
Frosting
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened)
- 6oz cream cheese (softened)
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping
- 2/3 cups sugared cranberries (optional)
Directions
Cake | |
Step 1 | |
Preheat oven to 350 In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars until light and creamy. | |
Step 2 | |
Add the extracts and salt and mix well. | |
Step 3 | |
Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. | |
Step 4 | |
Add baking powder and half of the flour and mix to combine. | |
Step 5 | |
Mix in the sour cream, then add remaining flour and mix again. | |
Step 6 | |
Stir in floured cranberries and pour batter into a well greased 9" bundt pan. Bake 50-55 minutes or until tester inserted into the cake comes to clean. Allow to cool 15-20 minutes in the pan, then carefully run a knife around the edges of the cake, and turn onto a cooling rack and allow to cool completely. | |
Frosting | |
Step 7 | |
In a mixing bowl beat the butter and sour cream until smooth. | |
Step 8 | |
Add vanilla and sugar and beat until creamy and smooth. | |
Step 9 | |
Frost the cooled cake and garnish with sugared cranberries, if desired. Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator. |
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Baishakhi says
I looks amazing. Thank you for sharing this recipe.