Best Cranberry Christmas Cake Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE, ORANGE & CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Rub a little butter over the base and sides of two 20cm cake tins (use cake tins rather than sandwich tins as the higher sides work better), then line the base and sides with baking parchment. Melt 150g butter with 100g of the chocolate in a bowl set over a small saucepan of gently simmering water - make sure the base of the bowl doesn't touch the water. Stir the butter and chocolate every min or so until it has melted. Set aside to cool a little.
• Meanwhile, measure 250g flour, 2 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp bicarb and 250g sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and add 150g yogurt, 2 tsp vanilla extract, half the orange zest and juice, 3 eggs and 2 tbsp milk. Whisk everything together, then stir in the melted butter and chocolate.
• When the cake mixture is smooth (this makes a very wet pourable batter), divide it equally between the two cake tins. Bake on the middle shelf for 25-30 mins, they will look golden and evenly risen when cooked. Check they are done by pushing a skewer into the centre of the cakes - it should come out clean. If there is any wet cake mixture on the skewer, return the cake to the oven for a few more mins, then check again.
• Leave the cakes to cool in their tins for 5 mins, then transfer to a cooling rack. Wash out the tins and repeat steps 1 and 2, to make two more sponges in total. You can make them a day or two before icing, then wrap them in a double layer of cling film once cool. They can also be frozen for up to two months.
• To make the compote, simmer the cranberries and sugar in a small pan for 4-5 mins until jammy, then leave to cool.
• For the icing, melt the chocolate, either in 20-30 secs bursts in a microwave or in a bowl over simmering water. Set aside to cool a little. Roughly mash the butter and icing sugar together, then beat until smooth with an electric whisk or mixer. Add the chocolate and cream cheese and beat again until smooth.
• To assemble the cake, place one sponge on a cake board the same size as the sponge, then sandwich the other sponges on top with a little icing and the cranberry compote. Use the cake with the neatest edge, flipped upside down, on top to give your cake a good shape.
• Pile about half the remaining icing on top of the cake and use a palette knife to spread it thinly over the top and down the sides of the cake. This is a crumb coat, it catches any crumbs, ensuring the final layer looks clean and professional. Chill the cake for 10-20 mins to firm up the icing or leave it somewhere cool for longer. Spread the remaining icing over the top and sides of the cakes, giving it nice sharp edges. We've left some of the cake exposed for the 'naked' cake look, or cover it completely if you like. Will keep for three days.
• To decorate the cake: dot the top with meringue kisses that you've either bought or made yourself, edible snowflake decorations and gold leaf, if you like.See our guide to decorating a Christmas cake 3 ways for details on this design along with more decorating ideas.

CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE RECIPE - (3.8/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. With a mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar until slightly thickened and light in color, about 5-7 minutes. The mixture should almost double in size. The eggs work as your leavening agent in this recipe, so do not skip this step. This mixture should form a ribbon when you lift the beaters out of the bowl. Add the butter and vanilla; mix two more minutes. Stir in the flour until just combined. Add the cranberries and stir to mix throughout. Spread in a buttered 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake 40-50 minutes, or until very lightly browned and a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool completely before cutting. Small pieces, about 1 x 2 inches, are easy to serve at a party.

CHRISTMAS CRANBERRY CAKE WITH AMARETTO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Mix yellow cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, amaretto, oil, and milk together in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes. Fold in cranberries, coconut, and walnuts. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine sugar, amaretto, and butter for glaze in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; continue to boil until sugar is dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove cake from the oven and glaze immediately.

CHRISTMAS CRANBERRY ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C). Grease one 9 inch pie pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, clove. Mix well. Stir in cranberries and the almonds and toss to coat. Or add almonds and put berries in bottom of pie pan. Stir in butter, eggs and extracts. Spread into pie pan.
• For topping: mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, almonds. Press in soft butter until you get a crumble mixture. Put on top of batter.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until a wooden tooth pick inserted near center to come out clean. Serve warm or cold. Heats up nicely in microwave for a few seconds.
• P.S. Frozen berries last one year. Make sure to pick through your frozen berries before using. The more wrinkles on a frozen berry the older it is. The batter will be a little thicker if you use frozen cranberries. It is easier to see the bad berries if you unfreeze them in warm water.

CHRISTMAS BUNDT CAKE, PUMPKIN, APPLE, CRANBERRY

Steps:

• http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013919-all-in-one-holiday-bundt-cake

CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix together dry ingredients.
• Add milk and melted butter, stir, this will be lumpy and thick.
• Mix in Cranberries.
• Pour in greased 8x8 pan.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes.
• Double this recipe and use a 9x13 pan.
• Serve with Butter Sauce.
• Bring 1 cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup whipping cream and 1/2 cup butter to a boil in a sauce pan.
• Boil for 10 minutes, stirring continuously.

CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Spray a 10" removable-bottom tube pan (bundt or angle food) with cooking spray; flour lightly. In large bowl, place cranberries, pecans and raisins; sprinkle with 1 cup flour, tossing lightly to coat. In an extra-large mixing bowl, with mixer at medium speed, cram margarine/butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Into a medium bowl, sift 3 remaining cups flour, the baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt. At low speed, alternating with the brandy, add the dry ingredients to batter in three batches; fold in cranberry mixture. Pour the batter into the pan and smooth top. Bake about 3 hours, until pick inserted near center comes out clean. Remove pan to wire rack to cool completely. Meanwhile, for frosting, in large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in liqueur and vanilla. Using a metal spatula, frost cooled cake; then garnish with sugared frozen cranberries and lemon leaves if desired.

FRESH CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease, flour and line with wax paper two 9" cake pans. Wash, sort and dry cranberries. Divide them in half, placing half in each cake pan. Place 3/4 cup pecans in each pan. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar over the nuts and cranberries in each pan. In a separate bowl with a hand mixer or using an electric mixer, beat the eggs. On low, gradually mix in the sugar, almond extract, salt, melted butter and flour. Beat until smooth. Divide the mixture between the two cake pans, pouring gently over the top of the cranberry, nut and sugar mixture. Bake in 325 degree oven for one hour or until done. Let cool for 20 minutes and turn out onto two plates.

CAROL'S CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 13"x9" pan.
• 2. With a mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar until slightly thickened and light in color, about 5-7 minutes.
• 3. The mixture should almost double in size. The eggs work as your leavening agent in this recipe, SO DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP.
• 4. This mixture should form a ribbon when you lift the beaters out of the bowl. Add the butter, vanilla; mix two more minutes.
• 5. Stir in the flour until just combined. Add the cranberries and chopped almonds and stir to mix throughout.
• 6. Spread in a buttered 13"x9" pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until very lightly browned and a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. (I baked mine 40 minutes.)
• 7. Let cool completely before cutting into small slices. I cut mine into fairly small pieces, about 1"x2", so that they could be easily eaten at a party or Holiday get-together . Enjoy!

CRANBERRY ALMOND CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9x13 baking pan. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs for 5 minutes with an electric mixer on medium. The volume of mixture will increase by almost half and will be thickened. Add butter and extracts and beat for 2 more minutes. Slowly add flour and beat until combined. Fold in cranberries. Using a spatula, pour and smooth into prepared pan. Sprinkle almonds over top. Bake for 40-45 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Serve and enjoy!

CRANBERRY (CHRISTMAS) CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F., grease a 9" x 13" glass baking dish and set aside. Gather and measure out your ingredients.
• 2. In a mixer fitted with at paddle attachment, beat the eggs and sugar until for about 5-7 ,minutes and slightly thickened and pale in color. the mixture should double in size and have a ribbon effect when you pull the paddle from the batter.
• 3. Add in the vanilla, then the butter in small chunks and beat for about 2 more minutes until incorporated into the egg mixture.
• 4. Stir in the flour in three increments as not to create a flour cloud and stir into the wet mixture until just incorporated: do not over mix.
• 5. Remove the batter from the mixer and stir in the frozen cranberries: Note: With the cranberries still frozen the dough will stiffen up very quickly and using you hand covered with a glove makes this a lot easier.
• 6. Scrape the mixture into the prepared 9" x 13" glass baking dish and spread evenly into the corners and to the edges of the dish.
• 7. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until the top becomes a nice even lite golden brown or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before cutting into the cake. Cut into 1" x 2" pieces....Enjoy!!
• 8. Notes: At Christmas you can add a bit of orange zest to the batter to make it more festive. Add the zest in step 3.

CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Butter 9 x 13 cake pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350. With a mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar until slightly thickened and light in color, about 5-7 minutes.. The mixture should almost double in size. The eggs work as your leavening agent in this recipe, so do not skip this step. This mixture should form a ribbon when you lift the beaters out of the bowl.
• Add the butter and vanilla; mix two more minutes. Stir in the flour until just combined. Add the cranberries and stir to mix throughout.
• Spread in pan Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until ver lightly browned and a tooth pick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. (I baked mine 44 minutes.) Let cool completely and cut into slices. Small squares (1"-2") make this easy to eat at a party.

CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With a mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar until slightly thickened and light in color, about 5-7 minutes. The mixture should almost double in size. The eggs work as your leavening agent in this recipe, so do not skip this step. This mixture should form a ribbon when you lift the beaters out of the bowl. Add the butter and vanilla; mix two more minutes. Stir in the flour until just combined. Add the cranberries and stir to mix throughout. Spread in a buttered 9x13 pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until very lightly browned and a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. (I baked mine for 43 minutes.) Let cool completely before cutting into small slices. I cut mine into fairly small pieces, about 1"x2", so that they could be easily eaten at a party

CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 350 degrees.
• 2. With a mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar until slightly thickened and light in color, about 5-7 minutes. The mixture should almost double in size. The eggs work as your leavening agent in this recipe so do not skip this step. This mixture should form a ribbon when you lift the beaters out of the bowl.
• 3. Add the butter and vanilla; mix two more minutes.
• 4. Stir in the flour until just combined.
• 5. Add the cranberries and stir to mix throughout.
• 6. Spread in a buttered 9x13 pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until very lightly browned and toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely before cutting into pieces.