Make-a-Cake Series: Cranberry Cake with Warm Vanilla Butter Sauce
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Thanksgiving is coming.
Do you feel it?
I have the perfect holiday dessert for your guests.
It’s also perfect to bring with you and impress your mother-in-law! ha ha
Cranberry Cake with Warm Vanilla Butter Sauce
My grandmother made this every Thanksgiving while growing up.
She also made hundreds of servings for the Masonic Lodge Christmas Party.
And then again, just for me, when we sat together decorating her Christmas tree.
Such a sweet lady.
I love using cranberries.
I love the bright red color they bring. They add the perfect tartness to this cake.
Then you warm up the vanilla butter sauce and drizzle it over………Mmmmm, it balances the tart with a rich, warm sweet taste.
It’s delicious and looks so festive.
I’m sure many of you have had this or make it yourself. But if you haven’t…….do not miss out!
You’ll love it.
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk
2 cups fresh cranberries
Sauce:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup cream or half-and-half
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Start with the dry ingredients and then add the wet ingredients.
Bake for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
This cake is served room temperature. The sauce will bring the warm element.
After the sauce cools a bit, I put it in a squeeze bottle for drizzling.
You can find them with candy making supplies. (I bought mine at Micheal’s.)
After the cakes cool wrap them up in plastic wrap for the next day. Make your sauce and then keep it in the fridge in Tupperware or squeeze bottle. Then reheat in microwave before serving.)
Candied Cranberries
Before I serve the dessert, I candied up some cranberries for garnish. I just used the left over cranberries from baking the cake and used the same cooking method as I did from THIS post.
Add the sugar and water to a pan and simmer the cranberries for 10 minutes.
Mine didn’t keep their round shape but still made a great garnish.
Then heat up your sauce and drizzle all 3 slices with plenty of the sauce……..and place a few candied cranberries on/around the cakes for garnish.
Then everyone can take a slice. Or maybe 2…..I know they will want more!
I hope this recipe will add some goodness to your table.
Oh no! I am overly excited about the food already! Ha ha!
Happy Decorating!
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Oh my goodness! That looks amazing! I'll be trying that one for sure this year.
So pretty and making me hungry! I'm saving this to make this holiday! Thanks for sharing!
That looks insanely good! I'm making it for sure! Thanks for sharing!
I am SO making this at Thanksgiving! You had me at "it will impress your mother-in-law"! :)
"I am excited to try this version. We grew up with cranberry muffins with butter sauce." I think I like this little cake idea instead. Can hardly wait to try it.
this sounds delicious, will be on my menu for Thanksgiving for sure.
oh. my. word.
So good I just had to share with my readers.
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I am surely going to make this! Do you think it will freeze well?
GORGEOUS. Wow. These look amazing!
On the way to buy cranberries now! Thanks!
That looks delicious! Definitely adding to my "recipes to try" file.
must.add.cranberries.to.grocery.list!YUM.
Christy's Closet- I have never tried it but I would think it would freeze fine. The sauce can keep in your fridge for a few weeks.
Good Luck!
This looks divine. Do you think the batter would fit in a tube or bundt pan? Thank you so much for sharing!
I don't even like cranberries but my pregnant self just decided that looks like the most crucial thing in the world for me to make right NOW. I just gotta get some cranberries.
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yummy! thanks for sharing it!
Thanks so much! It looks so good I want to make a few batches. One for now, some for later. Looks great!
My grandma makes this every Christmas! It is SOO SO good, I am totally craving it now!!!!!!! Yummy. :)
thanx for sharing :0)
Okay, no joke here, I read the title and I got a shiver up my spine and started to salivate.
Apparently I'm gonna have to make this one.
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My mouth is watering!!
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I can't wait to try this out! Thanks for sharing!
That looks so YUMMY!
I made this last night for a baby shower today. It looks fabulous! I did mine in a bundt pan and the cranberries are gorgeous on top. I flipped it out but it's not as pretty flipped so I turned it back over. I also made sugared cranberries here: http://www.food.com/recipe/sugared-cranberries-265791 and they keep their shape. Plus, you can keep the cranberry simple syrup for drinks! ;) Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!
I made this and it is so good! My kids didn't like the look of it but they really enjoy eating it. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
WOW, this was FANTASTIC! I used a 9×13 because I don't have two of the same size bread pans, but this would be delicious in ANY shape! Thanks for the recipe, I'm making it again for Thanksgiving with my in-laws. The combo of tart and sweet is absolutely perfect!
Wanted to let you know I made this recipe and it was a HUGE hit. Thanks so much for sharing. This is a definite keeper!
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Made this over the holidays and it was so good, the sauce was delicious. My mom was eating it by the spoonful, lol:)
Very easy! I had some leftover cranberries that were looking for a purpose, sop I made this tonight. My kids don’t normally like berries in things, and they both enjoyed it. Thank you.
It looks delicious. Too bad it didn’t work for me. I’m sure its my oven though, it never bakes right such that I have to buy already baked cakes from a cake shop then do the decoration myself. Of course its so expensive, I really don’t know what to do with my oven.