cranberry (christmas) cake
I was invited to a Christmas party in 2015,and was asked to bring something with Cranberries. With an over abundance of frozen cranberries I threw together some sugar, flour, eggs, butter and vanilla, added the cranberries frozen, packed it into a glass baking dish threw it in to the oven and prayed.: (I only had two and a half hours to get to the party) It looked pretty when I took it out of the oven so I prayed it would go over well. to my amazement I surprised myself and the cake was the talk of the party. When someone asked me what it's called I said; "Cranberry Cake?" Enjoy!!
yield
12 -16
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
Ingredients For cranberry (christmas) cake
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3 lgeggs
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2 csugar
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3/4 cunsalted butter
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1 tsppure vanilla
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2 cflour
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12oz. bagfresh frozen cranberries
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1 Tbsporange zest (optional)
How To Make cranberry (christmas) cake
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1Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F., grease a 9" x 13" glass baking dish and set aside. Gather and measure out your ingredients. -
2In 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.
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3Add in the vanilla, then the butter in small chunks and beat for about 2 more minutes until incorporated into the egg mixture.
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4Stir 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.
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5Remove 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.
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6Scrape the mixture into the prepared 9" x 13" glass baking dish and spread evenly into the corners and to the edges of the dish.
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7Bake 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!!
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8Notes: At Christmas you can add a bit of orange zest to the batter to make it more festive. Add the zest in step 3.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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