Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake
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 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 2 cup fresh cranberries
Frosting
- 6 tbsp butter softened
- 6 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup sugared cranberries
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars until light and creamy.
- Add the extracts and salt and mix well.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
- Add baking powder and half of the flour and mix to combine.
- Mix in the sour cream, then add remaining flour and mix again.
- 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
- In a mixing bowl beat the butter and sour cream until smooth.
- Add vanilla and sugar and beat until creamy and smooth.
- Frost the cooled cake and garnish with sugared cranberries, if desired.Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator.