I am a cranberry fan. So when I saw this recipe shared by Kim Naegle on a local TV show called Good Things Utah, I had to try it. I loved the fact that it used fresh whole cranberries, no chopping here. I also love the idea of cranberries in an almond flavored cake, then to top it all of with a yummy sauce. Now you see why I had to try it. I must admit I was expecting the cake to be really moist because of the sour cream in the recipe. I was expecting a texture similar to that of a bundt cake make with sour cream in it. The cake had more of a muffin texture. It is very dense and a little drier than I expected. I loved the light flavor of the sweet almond cake along with the tart cranberries. The two flavors worked well together. Some of the cranberries still had a nice pop when you eat them. I must say you forget about the cake being a tad dry when you top it off with the sauce. Don’t make this without it. It really is the thing that brings the whole recipe together. I would maybe even do a recipe and a half of the sauce next time. I could just eat the sauce all by itself. I must admit I had no problem cleaning off the spoon used to dish up the sauce. I got every drop of that sauce off the spoon with my tongue. YUM!
Cranberry Pudding Cake
Cake:
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; sift together.
- In a separate bowl combine milk, eggs, oil, almond flavoring and sour cream; whisk together.
- Add liquid mixture to dry ingredients and stir together.(this batter will be very thick) When liquid and dry ingredients are completely incorporated together, stir in cranberries.
- Pour cake batter into a well-greased Bundt cake pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes; until toothpick comes out clean. Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes in Bundt pan, remove cake from pan and place on serving plate.
- Allow cake to cool completely on serving plate. Cut into slices and serve slice topped with sauce recipe below.
Butter Cream Sauce:
- ½ Cup Butter
- 1 Cup Sugar
- ¾ Cup Half & Half (I used half whipping cream and half skim milk)
- Melt butter in a medium sized sauce pan over medium-low heat.
- Mix in sugar until well combined, then mix in the half & half and bring heat up to medium-high heat.
- Wisk continually until mixture comes to a boil, remove from heat.
- Drizzle butter cream sauce over each individual slice of cranberry pudding cake and ENJOY!
Thanks, this was great!
I made this cake yesterday for a family gathering. With the dryness you mentioned, I made a couple of changes: I added an extra egg, and upped the oil to 1/3 c. It baked for 65 minutes. While the cake was warm, I poured about 1/3 of the hot butter sauce over it. The result was fabulous! It was moist and incredibly delicious. It was devoured…and I wish I had more cranberries to make a second cake!
I would add that the texture of the cake was just like a very moist pound cake. Yum!
You can make the sauce a head of time. Just warm it a little in the microwave before serving.
Laura – does the sauce need to be warm to be served, or can it be made before hand?
Wow, looks so delicious and festive! This sounds perfect for the holidays. Thanks for sharing it!