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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!
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 PA

Ingredients

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