Cranberry Spice Cake
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups (8 ounces) fresh (or frozen, thawed) cranberries
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup grapeseed oil or other neutral vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest
- 2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup apple cider
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
- 3 tablespoons strained fresh lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
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- An 8"-square cake pan
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Coat bottom and sides of cake pan with nonstick spray. Line bottom with parchment paper; coat paper with spray. Whisk flour and next 5 ingredients in a medium bowl and set aside. Pulse cranberries in a food processor until finely chopped but not pureed; set aside.
- Stir sugar, brown sugar, and oil in another medium bowl to blend. Add eggs one at a time, stirring to blend between additions. Whisk in sour cream, orange zest, lemon zest, and vanilla.
- Whisk in dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with cider in 2 additions and whisking to blend. Fold in chopped cranberries. Scrape batter into prepared pan; smooth top.
- Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a tester inserted into center of cake comes out almost clean,1 hour-1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack; let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes. Run a thin knife around inside of pan to release cake; turn out cake onto rack. Peel off parchment paper, then flip cake and let cool for 20 minutes.
- Whisk powdered sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl. Spread glaze over warm cake, allowing it to drip down sides. Let stand until glaze becomes crackly, about 1 hour. Serve at room temperature. DO AHEAD:
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vegetable oil spray, flour, ground cinnamon, kosher salt, ground cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, cranberries, sugar, brown sugar, grapeseed oil, eggs, sour cream, orange zest, freshly grated lemon zest, vanilla, apple cider, powdered sugar, freshly grated lemon zest, lemon juice, kosher salt
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cranberry-spice-cake-368253 (may not work)