Apple Cranberry Cake/Pudding Dessert
Created by KittenCal on September 16, 2014
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 45-55m
- Recipe #14288
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 8 cups apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
- 1 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen
- GOLDEN CAKE
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup ground almonds
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting (amount desired)
How to Make
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Step 1: In bowl, whisk brown sugar with butter until blended; transfer into 12-cup (3 L) oval glass baking dish, spreading evenly. Layer the apple slices and cranberries over top.
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Step 2: FOR THE GOLDEN CAKE; in large bowl, beat butter with granulated sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and orange rind.
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Step 3: In separate bowl, whisk flour, ground almonds, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of milk. Spoon over fruit, smoothing top. Sprinkle with sliced almonds.
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Step 4: Bake center rack (or second lowest if you don't have a center position) in a preheated 350 degrees F oven until golden and cake tester inserted in centre of cake comes out clean, about 45-55 minutes (note: if you baking on the second-lowest rack then baking time will be slightly decreased).
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Step 5: Dust with icing sugar. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (351 g)
- Calories 796.5
- Total Fat - 38.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 21.4 g
- Cholesterol - 195.3 mg
- Sodium - 587.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 104.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.6 g
- Sugars - 65.8 g
- Protein - 12.5 g
- Calcium - 229.5 mg
- Iron - 1.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 8.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg