Spiced Cranberry Raisin Bundt Cake



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I just finished putting up my Christmas Tree & the lights. This time the kids are big enough to help me with decorating the tree. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of work, but we are finally done. The only thing we need to do is wait for Santa. On that note, my little one, pulled out a red stocking from the box and came and told me that “Santa Claus lost a sock” & she found it! She has a funny bone.

Cranberries are in abundance and I am buying them too.  Presenting here is the Cranberry cake I made. I saw the recipe and knew that this had to be it, Cranberries, Spices and all the Colors, Flavors & the Festivities  of the season were all in it. It  has been adapted from savory spiced cranberry Bundt cake from Bon Appetit magazine as it appeared in  MSNBC. I tweaked the ingredients a little bit, the major change being made in not using sugar. I used maple syrup & honey, that too in lesser quantity than it required. The raisins & the orange juice added their part of sweetness to it. My family loved it… all that was left were crumbs in a couple of days!


Sending this to Eating with the Seasons: December hosted by Maninas, Homemade Christmas Gift Event hosted by My Kitchen Treasures, Santa’s Holiday Challenge hosted by Tasty Treats.
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Now the cake…with the irresistible cranberries…





Spiced Cranberry Raisin Bundt Cake


Ingredients:

Cake:

  1. 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
  2. 1/2 cup almond flour or almond meal
  3. 2  teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
  4. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  5. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  6. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  7. 1.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  8. 2 teaspoon ground ginger
  9. 3/4 cup Oil
  10. 1/4 cup Honey
  11. 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
  12. 1.5 teaspoons ground flax seed
  13. 2 large eggs
  14. 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  15. 1/2 cup plain reduced-fat Greek-style yogurt
  16. 1 cup chopped toasted Walnuts (or Almonds)
  17. 1.5 cup halved fresh or frozen cranberries
  18. 1 cup raisins
  19. 2 Tablespoons Orange Peels chopped into small pieces

Notes: * I dry grinded whole almonds since I  did not have almond meal handy.

* I also strained regular low fat yogurt, discarded the liquid & used the liquid free thick yogurt.

* The honey may be replaced with 1/2 cup of Brown Sugar, & the Maple syrup may be replaced with 1 Cup of White Sugar.

To soak the Cranberries, Raisins & Peels:

  1. 1/4 Cup Port Wine
  2. 1/4 Cup Orange Juice

For the Glaze:

  1. 4 Tablespoons of maple syrup
  2. 1 tablespoon Lime juice





Preparation:

Cut the cranberries in to halves. Combine wine & orange juice. Soak the cranberries, raisins and peels in the wine & juice overnight.

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan.

Strain the cranberries, raisins & peels and set aside. Save the liquid.

Sift the first 8 ingredients in medium bowl to blend.

Using electric mixer, beat oil, eggs, honey, flax seed, maple syrup, the saved mix of orange juice & wine & Vanilla extract. Beat the Greek-style yogurt. Add dry ingredients. Beat just until blended. Fold in nuts and all the cranberries, raisins and peels. Transfer batter to prepared Bundt pan.

Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 60 minutes.






Cool cake in pan 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.

To glaze:

Mix the maple syrup & lime juice. Brush on the cake. Sprinkle the almond meal on the top.






I have never used maple syrup in a cake before… I loved the flavor ! The texture was not dense, but very soft, fluffy, airy. The slight tart of the cranberries tasted really good with the crunch of the nuts, the sweet of the raisins and the spices. Well, have a slice with coffee,  or a dessert after dinner just by itself or why not warm it up & top  with some icecream?





Happy Holidays!!




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