Cranberry Cake with Butter Sauce
This moist cranberry cake has a hint of orange and a luscious creamy butter sauce. It's perfect for the holidays!
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 605kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Cranberries
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 3 cups cranberries fresh or frozen raw cranberries, thawed
Dry Ingredients
- 2¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
Wet Ingredients
- 5 tablespoon unsalted butter room temp
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs room temperature
- 1 cup whole milk room temp
Butter Sauce
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- zest of half an orange
Instructions
Coating the Cranberries
- Preheat the oven to 350°F then spray and line a 9" cake pan
- Toss the cranberries in a medium mixing bowl with ¼ cup all purpose flour then set aside
Mixing Dry Ingredients
- Whisk the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl then set aside until needed
Mixing the Wet Ingredients
- Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed for 2 minutes
- Mix in the oil and vanilla
- With the mixer on medium speed, add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the edges of the bowl between each addition
- Add the milk and mix on low speed until combined
- Mix in the dry ingredients on low speed just until combined, do not over mix
- Remove the bowl from the stand and fold in the flour coated cranberries
- Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, covering the cake the last 20 minutes loosely with foil
- Allow cake to cool on a wire rack while you make the sauce
Making the Butter Sauce
- Add all sauce ingredients except the orange zest to a medium sauce pot and bring to a simmer, whisking frequently
- Simmer the sauce for 12-15 minutes, whisking frequently until thickened. Stir in orange zest
- Pour the sauce over the top of the cake and serve warm or at room temperature
Nutrition
Calories: 605kcal | Carbohydrates: 79g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 119mg | Sodium: 430mg | Potassium: 127mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 53g | Vitamin A: 1017IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 116mg | Iron: 2mg
