Swedish Cranberry Cake Recipes

FRESH CRANBERRY CAKE

A beautiful and easy cake to make! Great for the holiday season and even better in the summer with any fresh berry you have on hand!

Provided by Deborah Day

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Cranberry Dessert Recipes

Time 2h

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

Fresh Cranberry Cake image

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Beat 1 cup sugar and 3 tablespoons melted butter with a whisk until well mixed. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Stir flour mixture and milk into egg mixture until batter is well blended. Fold cranberries into batter until just mixed and pour into prepared baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
For sauce, heat 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, heavy cream, and vanilla extract in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook and stir cream sauce until sugar is dissolved, about 10 minutes. Pour hot sauce over hot cake. Allow cake to cool in the baking dish for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 366.4 calories, Carbohydrate 53.5 g, Cholesterol 74.2 mg, Fat 15.7 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 4.3 g, SaturatedFat 9.5 g, Sodium 587.1 mg, Sugar 35.4 g

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk
3 cups fresh cranberries
1 cup white sugar
½ cup butter
½ cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

CRANBERRY CAKE

"Always welcomed on holidays, this pudding-like dessert is my mother's recipe," says Medford, Oregon field editor Marion Lowery.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 50m

Yield 8-10 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 13

Cranberry Cake image

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking powder and nutmeg; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in cranberries and orange peel., Pour into a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine sauce ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until heated through. Cut warm cake into squares; serve with cream sauce.

Nutrition Facts :

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup milk
2 cups cranberries
2 tablespoons grated orange or lemon peel
CREAM SAUCE:
1-1/3 cups sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2/3 cup butter

SWEDISH SPICE CAKE (MJUK PEPPARKAKA)

The smell of all the spices brings back childhood memories. In Sweden there are lots of recipes for this cake. I have translated this one from Swedish and then baked it using the English measurements to be sure everything was OK. A piece of this cake with a cup of tea.......heavenly!

Provided by Chef Dudo

Categories Breads

Time 1h10m

Yield 1 cake, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Swedish Spice Cake (Mjuk Pepparkaka) image

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Grease and flour a 8x4x3 inch loaf pan or an 8 cup round baking pan.
Sieve flour with baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and cardamom.
Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add the eggs, one by one, keep whipping.
Add buttermilk and jam, mix.
Add flour mixture and mix gently.
Pour the batter in the prepared pan.
Bake on lowest rack in the oven for about 50-60 minutes.
Test with a skewer that the cake is done.

Ingredients

1/4 lb butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup cranberry jam
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cardamom
2 teaspoons baking powder or 1 teaspoon baking soda (I use baking powder)