Name: Homemade Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 cup whole milk (at room temperature); 1 tablespoon orange zest; 3 large egg whites (at room temperature); 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour (plus more for dusting the pans); 2 teaspoons orange juice; 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar (plus 2 tablespoons to coat cranberries); 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (3/4th stick, softened but still cool); 6 ounces or 1-1/4 cups or 1/2 of a (12 ounce bag fresh cranberries)

Homemade Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake

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Homemade Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake is an easy homemade moist white cake with orange zest that is made from scratch with fresh cranberries. This cake is perfect for a Christmas or holiday party.

By: Michele @ Flavor Mosaic (via Flavormosaic)

Original Publish: Nov 28, 2014

Last Updated: Mar 1, 2026

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Yields: 12

Nutrition Facts

207 kcalCalories

3 gProtein

36 gCarbs

6 gFat

Instructions

Set oven rack in middle position.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick cooking spray; or line the bottom with parchment or waxed paper. Spray the paper, or you can dust the pan with flour, and invert pan and rap sharply to remove excess flour.
Pour milk, egg whites, and orange juice into 2-cup glass measure, and mix with fork until blended.
Mix cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in bowl of electric mixer at slow speed. Add butter; continue beating at slow speed until mixture resembles moist crumbs, with no powdery streaks remaining.
Add all but 1/2 cup of milk mixture to crumbs and beat at medium speed (or high speed if using handheld mixer) for 1 1/2 minutes. Add remaining 1/2 cup of milk mixture and beat 30 seconds more. Stop mixer and scrape sides of bowl. Return mixer to medium (or high) speed and beat 20 seconds longer.
Toss the cranberries with 2 tablespoons flour. To reduce tartness, also add a tablespoon of sugar to the cranberries and toss until the cranberries are coated with both flour and sugar. Add cranberries to batter.