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A spiced mascarpone cranberry cake sits below a window sill with a candle on it.

Spiced Mascarpone Cranberry Cake

  • Author: Leah Hohman, adapted from The Original Dish

Description

Creamy mascarpone and naturally sweet cranberries make a moist, wintery cake.

Ingredients

Scale
  • ½ lb whole cranberries 
  • 1 ¼ cup and 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp kosher salt
  • 1 stick (4 oz) butter, softened
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • ½ cup (4 oz) mascarpone cheese
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • Powdered sugar with a few pinches of nutmeg and cinnamon added, for dusting 

Instructions

  1. In a medium-sized saucepan, combine cranberries, ¼ cup plus 2 tbsp of sugar, orange juice, and cinnamon stick.  
  2. Stir over medium-high heat until it boils. Reduce to low and stir until the liquid has evaporated. Let the mixture cool. 
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8-inch cake pan. 
  4. In a bowl, whisk together flour, orange zest, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.  
  5. In a stand mixer, use the paddle attachment to cream together butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.  
  6. Add eggs one at a time until incorporated. Scrape the bowl at least once. 
  7. Add mascarpone and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Scrape the bowl at least once. 
  8. Add the dry ingredients and mix only until well combined.  
  9. Transfer the batter to the cake pan and spread into an even layer.  
  10. Spread the cooled cranberry mixture over top.  
  11. Bake for 35 minutes.  
  12. Cover the cake with foil and continue to bake for about 15-20 more minutes. Test  the center of the cake with a toothpick. When it emerges free of batter, remove from oven. 
  13. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes. Run a butter knife around the edges.  
  14. Place a cutting board on top of the cake pan and flip so that the cake releases from the pan.  
  15. Carefully turn the cake upright into a serving platter and allow to cool fully. 
  16. Dust with lots of powdered sugar and cut into slices for serving. 

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Find it online: https://www.tablemagazine.com/spiced-mascarpone-cranberry-cake/