Cranberry-Almond Pound Cake
photo by ChrisF
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
20
ingredients
- 2 cups fresh cranberries or 2 cups frozen cranberries
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 ounces almond paste
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 10 tablespoons butter
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream or 1 cup plain yogurt
directions
- A couple hours before baking, heat the water to a boil, remove from heat and add dried cranberries to soak up all of the liquid.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan or two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Stir the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine almond paste, almond extract, and sugar until it resembles wet sand.
- Add the butter and beat with an electic mixer until fluffy or about 3 minutes.
- Add the eggs individually, beating them in after each addition.
- Add the dry ingredients gradually, alternating with the sour cream.
- Beat 20 seconds and then gently fold all of the cranberries into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan (s) and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- If desired, drizzle a light glaze of confectioners' sugar and milk over the cake and garnish with slivered almonds.
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Reviews
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Very good! Love the not too sweet cake and the tartness of the cranberries. It is moist too! I used my food processor to combine the almond paste/almond extract and sugar in step 5, pulsing it to the consistancy of sand. I did find 425 degrees a bit high and only baked it for 50 minutes, so be carefull, it could be my oven is running a bit on the hot side. I will make this again, its a keeper!
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Mrs. Kulik
United States
I am a high school student and I enjoy cooking and baking immensely from time to time, when I'm not busy with school. I also like to tap dance and I'm interested in Astrology, Riverdance, vampires, and Ilia Kulik (a Russian figure skater).