Moist Cranberry Almond Cake Recipe
Cranberries and almonds are always a classic combination. This deliciously moist cranberry almond cake uses fresh and dried cranberries. Baked with a moist yet soft crumb from the sour cream, a tart zing from the cranberries with a crisp bite from the almonds this cake is filled with wonderful texture as well as flavors.
Have you tried a cake with fresh or frozen cranberries? I usually use frozen because that's what is easily available to me and I get it throughout the year. The dried cranberries, however, add that sweet-tart jam-like texture when cooked in a wet batter. Personally, I think it's an amazing explosion of flavors from the same fruit in different forms. Cranberry and almond usually always make a great pair together but you can also use cashews or hazelnuts in this recipe.
Over at the Veena Azmanov blog, I shared another amazing cranberry almond semolina cake. The semolina is another great way to add more texture to your cake. While both these recipes, cranberry almond, and cranberry almond semolina cakes have similar ingredients their texture and end result is very different. The cranberry almond with semolina has a more crumbly texture while this is more smooth and cake like. Honestly, if I had to choose I would be able to pick one.
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Moist Cranberry Almond Cake Recipe
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Ingredients
- 228 grams Butter unsalted
- 300 grams Sugar (white)
- 5 Eggs large
- 320 grams All-Purpose Flour
- 100 grams Almond Meal (ground almonds)
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 cup Sour Cream
- 1 cup Cranberries (frozen or fresh)
- ½ cup Cranberries Dried
- 1 cup flaked Almonds
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¼ tsp Almond Extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 170 C / 340 F
- Grease and line a 10-inch bundt pan
- Combine together the fresh/frozen cranberries, dried cranberries and flaked almonds (save some cranberries aside to sprinkle over the cake before baking) - set aside
- Combine together - flour, almond meal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt - set aside
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add eggs one at a time
- Add 2 tbsp of flour (from the recipe) to the fruit and nut mixture - set aside
- Then add the flour and sour cream in three additions to the egg batter.
- Add the vanilla and almond extract
- Lastly, add the cranberry and almond mixture.
- Pour into the prepared baking pan
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 50 to 60 minutes
Recipe Notes
- 10-inch bundt pan - bake for 50 to 60 minutes (approx)
- 9 x 3 ½ inch loaf pan - bake for 60 to 70 minutes (approx)
- One - 8 inch round cake pans - bake for 50 to 60 minutes (approx)
- One 7-inch square pan - bake for 60 to 70 minutes (approx)
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Made this for our Christmas party in December and it was so good that I've made it there times so far. Love this recipe so much
Thank you, Jettie. Happy you enjoyed this recipe and make it often. Thank you, for coming back to write this feedback.
Hi, I'm thinking of adopting this recipe as a base of the fruitcake because Im looking for a lighter version of a traditional fruitcake, like an airy almond poundcake. As such, if i were to replace the fresh cranberries with other dried fruits and almond with other nuts. Do you think will it work?
Perhaps check out this post for all my fruitcakes - I have a cranberry almond semolina cake that uses dried cranberries.
https://veenaazmanov.com/fruit-cake-101-tips-baking-storing-fruit-cakes/