Christmas Cranberry Cake with Butter Sauce Recipe

This Christmas Cranberry Cake with Butter Sauce is absolutely delicious. It is an old-fashioned tasting cake with tart cranberries and a delicious warm butter sauce. With beautiful cranberries spread throughout, it’s the perfect Christmas dessert. It will be the hit of your holidays. Here’s the recipe for you to try yourself…

Cranberry Cake Recipe

Even with the tart cranberries, my six-year-old, couldn’t get enough of it.

If you are looking for Christmas Desserts, then you might like my recipes for Christmas Lasagna Dessert, Christmas Tree Brownies, or Christmas Jell-O Cups

This is one of those old-fashioned desserts that will make you think of the good old days.

And, you’ll definitely get some recipe requests.

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Finally, Here’s the recipe for you…

Christmas Cranberry Cake with Butter Sauce

Melissa

A delicious and easy to make Christmas Cranberry Cake for a holiday treat. 

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 9 servings

Calories 538 cal

Ingredients

  

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• 3 Tbsp. butter unsalted – softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries

Butter Cream Sauce:

• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 t vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
• In a large bowl, cream the butter, and sugar together
• Add the milk, and mix in
• In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt
• Gradually add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture
• Stir in the cranberries
• Pour the batter into a greased 9×9″ pan, and bake for about 40-45 minutes – or, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean
• Cool
• While that is cooling, grab a saucepan for the butter cream
• Melt the butter over medium/high heat
• Stir in the sugar, and cream – bring to a boil, and stir often for about 10 minutes
• Remove from heat, and stir in the vanilla extract
• Pour over cake, and let cool

Notes

Nutrition facts are only an estimate

Nutrition

Calories: 538calCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 6gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 458mgPotassium: 164mgFiber: 2gSugar: 49gVitamin A: 907IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 198mgIron: 2mg

Keyword Christmas, Holiday

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~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com