winter frosted cranberry chocolate marble cake
I made this cake for my 4 year old's birthday and decorated accordingly. However, if you use the recommended decorations, it makes a really elegant cake. Even more so, when made into a double layer round cake. I wish I had a picture of the last time I made it.
prep time
40 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
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yield
1 cake
Ingredients
- CRANBERRY CAKE
- 2 cups cranberry
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 1/2 - egg white (see recipe)
- 1/2 cup candied walnuts
- CHOCOLATE CAKE
- 6 ounces baking chocolate
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 5 - egg yolks
- 2 1/2 - egg white (see recipe)
- 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- FROSTING
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 ounces cooking chocolate
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup, dark
- 1 teaspoon pure orange extract
- 1 tablespoon spiced rum
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1 dash allspice
- 1 dash cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups precreamed shortening
How To Make winter frosted cranberry chocolate marble cake
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Step 1Separate yolks from egg whites. Place yolks in large mixing bowl and whites in a small bowl to beat.
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Step 2Add the dry ingredients, save the cream of tartar, from the chocolate cake ingredients to the yolks.
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Step 3In a saucepan, add the butter and chocolate (optionally, a few tablespoons of milk) from the chocolate cake ingredients. Cook on low while stirring, until completely blended. Remove from heat. When slightly cooled, add to dry ingredients from the chocolate cake. Add vanilla, then beat for 3 minutes.
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Step 4To start cranberry cake, in a pot add cranberries, water and sugar from cranberry cake ingredients. Bring to a boil, then lower heat to low, allowing the cranberries to burst.
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Step 5In the small mixing bowl, beat on medium your egg whites for 4 minutes. Then add your tartar. Beat until stiff peaks are formed. Set aside.
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Step 6You should have one chocolate batter and one cranberry batter at this point. Fold in half of your egg whites into each batter.
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Step 7When that is complete, fold the candied walnuts into the cranberry batter and the chocolate chips in to the chocolate batter.
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Step 8Into a grease Pyrex baking dish, first pour your chocolate batter, then your cranberry atop. Take a wooden spoon and swirl. -
Step 9Bake at 325F until a toothpick inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs.
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Step 10To start frosting, add all the frosting ingredients, save the shortening to a saucepan. Cook on low until smooth and not gradient. Allow to cool completely.
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Step 11When ready to frost the cake, stir cooled mixture into shortening and frost cake.
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Step 12Optionally, decorate cake with mint sprigs, sugared cranberries, candied orange peels, and candied walnuts.
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