Cranberry Yoghurt Bundt Cake

Cranberry Yoghurt Bundt Cake- a light sponge cake dotted with fresh cranberries and decorated with glace icing. An easy alternative to Christmas cake.


Cranberry Yoghurt Bundt Cake decorated with cranberries

This cranberry cake uses fresh cranberries, not dried. It came about because I bought a bag of fresh cranberries and was keen to find something (other than cranberry sauce) to make with them. I searched and searched and found virtually no cake recipes with fresh cranberries. So, I adapted a yoghurt cake recipe of mine to create this cake.

Cranberries are tart in their fresh state. They are usually dried with sugar, but, when fresh, they are packed full of anti-oxidents and Vitamins A, C and K.


fresh cranberries on a white background

This cake is light and only slightly sweet in taste, helped by the tart cranberries. I decided to cook the fresh cranberries into a quick jam, just to take the edge off the cranberries sharp taste and to make it easier to spread the cranberries through the cake. I then topped it off with a little plain glace icing and the result was delicious!

Cranberries make me think of Christmas, since that's their season and cranberry sauce is such a feature of Christmas dinner. This cake makes a great alternative to a traditional Christmas cake, or Christmas pudding, if, like me, you aren't such a fan of them. Then you can use any leftover cranberries to make your own sauce!


2 images- Cranberry Yoghurt Bundt Cake and a slice of cake

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