White Chocolate Cranberry Coffee Cake Food

CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
• Make batter. In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar. Using a hand mixer, whip until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and mix until smooth.
• Add vanilla and sour cream and mix until evenly incorporated.
• Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt and mix until just combined. Fold in cranberries and transfer batter to the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for about 20 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.
• Meanwhile, make chocolate ganache. Place white chocolate chips in a medium, heatproof bowl and set aside. Heat heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat. When bubbles begin to break the surface around the edges of the pan, turn off the heat. Pour the hot cream over white chocolate chips, whisking constantly until the sauce is smooth. Pour over the coffee cake and let set for about 10 minutes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°. Generously grease and flour a tube pan or bundt pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, beating into the batter thoroughly before adding the second egg.
• Add the buttermilk and beat to combine. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk together until well blended.
• Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Pour half the batter into the prepared pan.
• Spoon the cranberry sauce over the batter and top with the remaining cake batter. Smooth the top with a spatula and bake for 40-60 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let the cake rest in the pan for 5 minutes.
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WHITE CHOCOLATE-CRANBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Chop 6 oz. chocolate. Combine flour and baking powder. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, orange zest and 3 Tbsp. orange juice; mix well. Gradually add flour, mixing well after each addition. Stir in chopped chocolate and cranberries.
• Pour into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 min. or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 min. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool completely.
• Heat remaining chocolate and orange juice in saucepan on low heat until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently. Drizzle over cake; let stand until firm.

WHITE CHOCOLATE FRESH CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Grease an 8" square pan, metal or glass.
• Using an electric beater or strong whisk, beat the butter and 1 cup of the brown sugar together in a large bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy.
• Beat in one egg until thoroughly incorporated.
• Repeat with the second egg.
• In another bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together. Alternate adding the dry mixture and buttermilk in this way: add a third of the dry mixture then half the buttermilk followed by a third of the dry mixture and the rest of the buttermilk. Add the remaining flour mixture and gently stir until you have a rich looking batter.
• Add the cranberries and 3/4 cup of white chocolate chips.
• Pour the batter into the pan, smoothing it out.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup white chocolate chips on top. Bake in the center of oven for 1 1/4 hours (75 minutes) until the center is firm when you gently press it.
• Allow the pan to cool on a rack for at least 20 minutes before removing the cake from the pan.

WHITE CHOCOLATE, ORANGE & CRANBERRY CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Rub a little butter over the base and sides of two 20cm cake tins (use cake tins rather than sandwich tins as the higher sides work better), then line the base and sides with baking parchment. Melt 150g butter with 100g of the chocolate in a bowl set over a small saucepan of gently simmering water - make sure the base of the bowl doesn't touch the water. Stir the butter and chocolate every min or so until it has melted. Set aside to cool a little.
• Meanwhile, measure 250g flour, 2 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp bicarb and 250g sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and add 150g yogurt, 2 tsp vanilla extract, half the orange zest and juice, 3 eggs and 2 tbsp milk. Whisk everything together, then stir in the melted butter and chocolate.
• When the cake mixture is smooth (this makes a very wet pourable batter), divide it equally between the two cake tins. Bake on the middle shelf for 25-30 mins, they will look golden and evenly risen when cooked. Check they are done by pushing a skewer into the centre of the cakes - it should come out clean. If there is any wet cake mixture on the skewer, return the cake to the oven for a few more mins, then check again.
• Leave the cakes to cool in their tins for 5 mins, then transfer to a cooling rack. Wash out the tins and repeat steps 1 and 2, to make two more sponges in total. You can make them a day or two before icing, then wrap them in a double layer of cling film once cool. They can also be frozen for up to two months.
• To make the compote, simmer the cranberries and sugar in a small pan for 4-5 mins until jammy, then leave to cool.
• For the icing, melt the chocolate, either in 20-30 secs bursts in a microwave or in a bowl over simmering water. Set aside to cool a little. Roughly mash the butter and icing sugar together, then beat until smooth with an electric whisk or mixer. Add the chocolate and cream cheese and beat again until smooth.
• To assemble the cake, place one sponge on a cake board the same size as the sponge, then sandwich the other sponges on top with a little icing and the cranberry compote. Use the cake with the neatest edge, flipped upside down, on top to give your cake a good shape.
• Pile about half the remaining icing on top of the cake and use a palette knife to spread it thinly over the top and down the sides of the cake. This is a crumb coat, it catches any crumbs, ensuring the final layer looks clean and professional. Chill the cake for 10-20 mins to firm up the icing or leave it somewhere cool for longer. Spread the remaining icing over the top and sides of the cakes, giving it nice sharp edges. We've left some of the cake exposed for the 'naked' cake look, or cover it completely if you like. Will keep for three days.
• To decorate the cake: dot the top with meringue kisses that you've either bought or made yourself, edible snowflake decorations and gold leaf, if you like.See our guide to decorating a Christmas cake 3 ways for details on this design along with more decorating ideas.

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Grease cookie sheet.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar.
• Beat in the egg and brandy.
• Combine the flour and baking soda; stir into the sugar mixture.
• Add the white chocolate chips and the Craisins.
• Drop by spoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Remove from oven, cool on sheet for about a minute and then transfer to wire rack to finish cooling.

CRANBERRY-WHITE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, cranberry juice and vanilla. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in cranberries and vanilla chips. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until edges begin to brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For glaze, microwave vanilla chips and shortening at 70% power until melted; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies.

CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• With a mixer, using a large bowl, cream the butter.
• Gradually add sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix in almond extract.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Alternate mixing in the flour mixture and sour cream until all blended together.
• Pour batter into greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Spoon cranberry sauce over batter. Spread slightly but do not try to completely cover top of the batter.
• Sprinkle with almonds.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until the cake pulls slightly away from the sides of the pan.
• Meanwhile, blend the glaze ingredients.
• Once the coffeecake is done, cool slightly and then drizzle the glaze over the top.