A delicious lemon-cranberry bundt cake decorated with sugared cranberries and lemon wedges—the perfect centerpiece for Christmas dinner.

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Lemon Cranberry Bundt Cake with Sugar Cranberries
A delicious lemon-cranberry bundt cake decorated with sugared cranberries and lemon wedges—the perfect centerpiece for Christmas dinner.
Ingredients
- 3 Cups All-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 6 Eggs
- 1 Cup Milk
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice
- 2 tbsp Lemon zest from 2 lemons
- 1 Cup Butter room temperature
- 2 ½ Cups Sugar
- 1 cup Fresh cranberries
Bundt cake pan coating
- 2 tbsp Vegetable shortening
- 2 tbsp All-purpose flour
Lemon glaze
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1 ½ cup Powdered sugar
Sugared cranberries
- 1 cup Fresh cranberries washed
- ¼ cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Water
- ½ cup Sugar for the final coat
Garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and pale with a mixer.
- Whisk together the eggs in a separate bowl.
- Add in the vanilla, lemon zest and milk.
- In another medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add egg mixture ⅓ at a time into a bowl with butter and sugar alternating with ⅓ of dry ingredients, mixing between each addition.
- Mix the batter together until combined.
- Fold in cranberries.
Bundt cake pan coating
- Grease bundt cake with vegetable shortening.
- Sprinkle over with flour. Shake off access flour from the bundt cake.
- Pour cake batter into bundt pan evenly.
- Bake for 65-70 minutes.
- Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
- Remove cake from the pan and allow to cool completely before drizzling glaze.
Lemon glaze
- In the medium bowl, combine powdered sugar and lemon juice.
Sugared cranberries
- Line baking sheet with a paper towel.
- Put 1/2 cup of sugar into a large bowl.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine water and 1/4 cup of sugar.
- Stir until combined.
- Let sugar syrup entirely cool.
- Dip cranberries into the sugar syrup and transfer them back on the tray with a paper towel.
- Roll cranberries in the sugar to coat, a few at a time. Once they are coated, transfer them to a baking sheet to dry.
Bundt cake decoration
- Drizzle the glaze over the bundt cake.
- Slice the fresh lemon into the rings and cut each slice into four parts.
- Decorate the top of the chocolate bundt cake with lemon slices and cranberries.
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