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Cranberry Chocolate Cake With Chocolate Chips For Christmas

Published: Dec 21, 2022 Modified: Dec 21, 2022 by Recipe Garden This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Leave a Comment

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Fresh cranberry chocolate cake with chocolate chips and fresh cranberries makes easy, delicious and simple chocolate cake perfect for those who love the combination of cranberries and chocolate! This is a simple homemade chocolate cake from scratch made using leftover fresh cranberries from Thanksgiving holidays and you can enjoy this for holidays like Christmas, New Year or anytime for simple desserts, evening snacks or even breakfast!

cranberry chocolate cake for christmas
cranberry chocolate cake

This is a very rich chocolate cake with lots of sweet chocolate chips and tart cranberries in it!

cranberry chocolate cake for christmas

If you like Christmas cakes with fruits, also try this moist dry fruit Christmas cake and fresh apple cinnamon cake recipe!

More easy homemade chocolate cakes include moist chocolate cake from scratch, eggless chocolate banana cake , moist eggless chocolate mug cake with chocolate chips etc!

Also if you like posts on cranberries, here I have this how to eat cranberries without sugar, instant pot cranberry sauce without orange sauce, cranberry sauce on stove top, leftover cranberry sauce muffins, moist eggless cranberry banana bread, cranberry sauce bread with leftover cranberry sauce, cranberry ice cream, instant pot cranberry juice cocktail drink etc!

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1 How Does Cranberry Chocolate Cake Taste Like?
2 How To Make Cranberry Chocolate Cake?
3 Ingredients
4 Step by step instructions
5 Cranberry Chocolate Cake With Chocolate Chips For Christmas
5.1 Ingredients
5.2 Instructions
5.2.1 To bake the cranberry chocolate cake:
5.3 Nutrition

How Does Cranberry Chocolate Cake Taste Like?

Cranberry chocolate cake has fresh cranberries, sugar and chocolate chips in it so the cake tastes sweet, chocolatey and slightly tart from the fresh cranberries!

cranberry chocolate cake for christmas

The taste of fresh cranberries is sour, as you know, so the cake baked with fresh cranberries will have that bites of fresh cranberry taste which is slightly tangy & sour however, the cake itself is sweet since it’s basically a chocolate cake!

Also the texture of this chocolate cranberry cake is kind of fudgy and it’s delicious, moist and soft!

cranberry chocolate cake

So here is how you can make easy cranberry chocolate cake from scratch at home.

How To Make Cranberry Chocolate Cake?

cranberry chocolate cake for christmas

To make homemade cranberry chocolate cake from scratch, we use the following ingredients.

Ingredients

fresh cranberries 16 oz

sugar 2 tablespoons (for coating the cranberries)

all purpose flour 2 cups

unsweetened cocoa powder ½ cup

baking powder 3 teaspoons

butter 1 stick

eggs 2 large

sugar 2.5 cups (this is for the batter)

vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

milk 1 ¼ cup

semi sweet chocolate chips 1 cup

Step by step instructions

Wash the cranberries very well and place it in a bowl. Add the two tablespoons of sugar to the cranberries and mix well to coat.

In another large bowl, place the flour.

Also add cocoa powder and baking powder, mix well to combine evenly with the flour.

In a different bowl, melt the butter and add the sugar to the melted butter. Mix the butter and sugar very well to combine.

Whisk the eggs in another small bowl and add the whisked eggs to the butter sugar mixture, mix very well to form a wet mixture.

Add the butter sugar egg mixture to the dry flour mixture, also add the milk and vanilla extract and mix everything well to form the batter. Make sure all ingredients are evenly combined!

Now add the fresh cranberries (mixed with little sugar) and also the chocolate chips to the prepared batter, stir to distribute them evenly across the batter.

To bake the cranberry chocolate cake:

Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.

Prepare two cake pans by greasing with a little oil or butter and lining with parchment paper.

Pour the cake batter in both the cake pans evenly (half batter in the first cake pan and remaining half in the second cake pan).

Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, then increase the oven temperature to 375 degree Fahrenheit and bake for another 10 minutes until a toothpick inserted through the center of the cakes comes out clean!

Oven temperatures may slightly vary with different ovens so you may check the cakes at around 30 to 35 minutes time mark to see if it is done.

Also, if the cakes are not completely cooked by the time mentioned, you may bake for another few more minutes until it’s done completely!

In case the top of the cakes browns and if the inside is not completely baked yet, you may cover the cakes with foil and continue baking until it is done.

Once the cakes are completely baked, immediately trasfer the cake pans from the hot oven to stop further baking.

Allow the cakes to cool down completely, once it is cooled you can slice the enjoy the cake with a cup of coffee, tea or milk!

cranberry chocolate cake for christmas
cranberry chocolate cake for christmas

Below you can get the detailed recipe for cranberry chocolate cake.

cranberry chocolate cake for christmas

Cranberry Chocolate Cake With Chocolate Chips For Christmas

Cranberry chocolate cake is perfect homemade cake made from scratch using fresh cranberries and this is perfect for holidays like Thanksgiving snacks, Christmas etc if you love cranberries and chocolate!
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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cranberry cake, cranberry recipes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 16
Calories: 335kcal
Author: Recipe Garden

Ingredients

  • 16 oz fresh cranberries
  • 2 tablespoons sugar for coating the cranberries
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2.5 cups sugar this is for the batter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cup milk
  • 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Wash the cranberries very well and place it in a bowl. Add the two tablespoons of sugar to the cranberries and mix well to coat.
  • In another large bowl, place the flour.
  • Also add cocoa powder and baking powder, mix well to combine evenly with the flour.
  • In a different bowl, melt the butter and add the sugar to the melted butter. Mix the butter and sugar very well to combine.
  • Whisk the eggs in another small bowl and add the whisked eggs to the butter sugar mixture, mix very well to form a wet mixture.
  • Add the butter sugar egg mixture to the dry flour mixture, also add the milk and vanilla extract and mix everything well to form the batter. Make sure all ingredients are evenly combined!
  • Now add the fresh cranberries (mixed with little sugar) and also the chocolate chips to the prepared batter, stir to distribute them evenly across the batter.

To bake the cranberry chocolate cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.
  • Prepare two cake pans by greasing with a little oil or butter and lining with parchment paper.
  • Pour the cake batter in both the cake pans evenly (half batter in the first cake pan and remaining half in the second cake pan).
  • Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, then increase the oven temperature to 375 degree Fahrenheit and bake for another 10 minutes until a toothpick inserted through the center of the cakes comes out clean!
  • Oven temperatures may slightly vary with different ovens so you may check the cakes at around 30 to 35 minutes time mark to see if it is done.
  • Also, if the cakes are not completely cooked by the time mentioned, you may bake for another few more minutes until it’s done completely!
  • In case the top of the cakes browns and if the inside is not completely baked yet, you may cover the cakes with foil and continue baking until it is done.
  • Once the cakes are completely baked, immediately trasfer the cake pans from the hot oven to stop further baking.
  • Allow the cakes to cool down completely, once it is cooled you can slice the enjoy the cake with a cup of coffee, tea or milk!

Nutrition

Calories: 335kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 66mg | Potassium: 263mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 272IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 2mg
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