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Cranberry Cake with Hot Butter Sauce

Total Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cranberry, cake, butter
Servings: 16 people

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 tbsp butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup whole raw cranberries

Butter Sauce

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup half n' half

Instructions

Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 
  • In a medium bowl, whip the butter and sugar together until creamed.
  • Add vanilla and mix in.
  • In another medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture while also adding milk. Stir until combined.
  • Gently fold in cranberries. You don’t want to over mix this batter or the cake will get heavy or tough. 
  • Pour batter into either an angel food cake pan or a bunt cake pan that is greased. It will only fill a quarter of the pan. 
  • Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.

Butter Sauce

  • Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
  • Whisk in sugar.
  • Add half n’ half.
  • Simmer for 3-4 minutes, stirring continuously. Don’t rush this step or you’ll have hard candy. I have to pay attention to this one. 
  • Serve hot over a piece of cake and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.