Winter Spice Cranberry Cake

Name: Winter Spice Cranberry Cake
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 44 min
Total time: 56 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 pieces Egg (3 eggs); 1 cup Granulated Sugar (1 cup white sugar); 1 cup Light Brown Sugar (1 cup light brown sugar); ¾ cup Unsalted Butter (3/4 cup butter (softened)); 1 tsp Orange Extract (Optional: 1 tsp orange extract or 1 1/2 tbsp finely minced fresh orange zest — up to 1.5) — optional; 1 tsp Vanilla (1 teaspoon vanilla extract); 2 cup All-Purpose Flour (2 cups all-purpose flour (see note below for gluten-free alternative)); ¼ tsp Kosher Salt (¼ tsp kosher salt); 1 tsp Cinnamon (1 tsp ground cinnamon); ¼ tsp Nutmeg (¼ teaspoon whole nutmeg (finely grated)); ½ tsp Ground Cloves (½ teaspoon ground cloves); ½ tsp Ground Cardamom (½ tsp ground cardamom); 12 oz Cranberry (12 oz fresh cranberries)

A spiced, leavened cake batter with eggs, sugars, butter, warm spices, and fresh cranberries, baked until golden and cooled completely.

56 minAmerican

Servings16

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Steps

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With a mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar and all spices 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.
2This mixture should form a ribbon when you lift the beaters out of the bowl. Add the butter, vanilla, and orange extract (if desired); mix two more minutes. Stir in the flour until just combined. Add the cranberries and stir to mix throughout.
3Spread in a buttered 9x13 pan. (This pan is my favorite!) Bake for 44-50 minutes, or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool completely before cutting into small slices. Enjoy!