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cranberry christmas cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Diane Schmidt
Comstock Park, MI

This is a very pretty cake and delicious. It needs no topping but it's good with whipped cream or ice cream. I call it Christmas cake because the first time I made it was Christmas time and my daughter's fiance kept saying he didn't like cranberries so he wasn't going to try it. Finally I got him to eat a peice, he loved it and ate almost the whole cake! Now every year he says to me " hey, Mom, are we having Christmas cake this year?", of course he asks at Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Fourth of July......LOL!!

(1 rating)
yield 16 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 40 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For cranberry christmas cake

  • 3
    eggs
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 3/4 c
    butter, softened
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 12 oz
    fresh cranberries

How To Make cranberry christmas cake

  • 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.
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