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Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake Recipe

November 17, 2019 by Stephanie Brubaker Leave a Comment

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Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake

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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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Filed Under: Archives, Cake, Holiday, Recipes Tagged With: baking with fresh cranberries, christmas cake recipe, fresh cranberry recipes, holiday dessert, how to make sugared cranberries

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