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cranberry bundt cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Pat Duran
Las Vegas, NV

This cake has vanilla pudding, raspberry jello and cranberry topping. This is on the same order as my Cherry Bundt Cake with a twist..but it could be made the same as the Cherry one if you like..

(1 rating)
yield 10 -12
prep time 20 Min
cook time 55 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For cranberry bundt cake

  • 18 oz
    deluxe white cake mix
  • 4 oz
    pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix(small pkg)
  • 1/4 c
    soft butter
  • 1/3 c
    vegetable oil
  • 1 c
    water
  • 2 tsp
    (can add up to 1 tablespoon) of orange zest,grated
  • 3 lg
    eggs
  • 3 oz
    pkg. raspberry jello gelatin
  • 2 Tbsp
    all purpose flour
  • TOPPING
  • 1/2 c
    water
  • 1 c
    granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 c
    whole fresh cranberries, rinsed, stems and bad ones removed

How To Make cranberry bundt cake

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350^. Combine dry cake mix, dry pudding mix, butter,vegetable oil,water, orange zest, and eggs in a large mixer bowl; beat mixture at medium speed for 2 minutes;until smooth and satiny. Reserve 1 cup of batter; spreading remainder evenly in a well greased and floured 10 or 12 inch bundt pan. Set aside.
  • 2
    In another bowl; Blend reserved 1 cup of batter, dry jello mix, and flour until well blended. Spoon mixture in a ring around the cake batter in the bundt pan. Using a spoon, fold jello mixture gently into batter(go around twice, being careful not to scrape sides of the bundt pan). Bake for about 50-55 minutes, or until tests done with toothpick and cake has come away from sides of pan. Cool in pan for 15 minutes, invert onto serving plate gently.
  • 3
    Topping: Combine water and sugar in a medium saucepan with a heavy bottom; stir over medium heat just until sugar is dissolved. Bring to boiling and cook until mixture reaches 220^ on candy thermometer. Remove from heat. Stir in cranberries. Cool mixture at room temperature until it reaches 115^(cranberries should NOT pop open, about 15 minutes. Remove berries from syrup with a slotted spoon and place over top of cake, mounding slightly, let some syrup drip down side of the cake for spectacular effect..
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