Spiced Cranberry Walnut Cake Recipes

WINNING CRANBERRY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and mix well. Fold in cranberries and pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 8-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CARROT-CRANBERRY SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar, brown sugar, oil and cranberry sauce until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cloves; gradually beat into cranberry mixture. Stir in carrots., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

SPICED CRANBERRY WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10 cup bundt pan.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Sift together te flour, baking powder, baking sodam saktm cardamom, ginger and cinnamon. Set aside.
• Beat the butter until creamy, then add the sugar and continue to beat until fluffy.
• Add eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Fold in the ground walnuts and and vanilla and mix on low until blended.
• Place 1/4 cup of the flour mixture in a medium bowl and add cranberries, tossing to coat berries with the flour.
• Add remaining flour and the sour cream to the butter mixture in three additions, blending just until incorporated after each addition.
• Fold in chopped walnuts and cranberries (along with any excess flour).
• Spoon batter into the prepared pan, spreading the batter so that the sides are higher than the center.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a wire rack and cool for 1 hour.
• GLAZE:.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, bring the maple syrup to a boil and reduce to about 1/4 cup. Brush the syrup generously over the cooled cake.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate with whole walnuts before serving.