Cranberry Cake

Submitted by Michele in NJ

"A very economical and tasty cake. Full of cranberry flavor! The suprise ingredient of mayonnaise makes this a nice moist cake."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄2 cup orange juice
• 1 orange, zest of, grated

• Frosting

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1⁄4 cup cranberry sauce

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 9" tube pan.
3. Line bottom with parchment paper.
4. Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt into a large bowl.
5. Reserve 1/4 cup cranberry sauce fort the frosting.
6. Add remaining cranberry sauce, nuts, mayonnaise and orange rind to the flour mixture.
7. Mix well.
8. Stir in orange juice.
9. Pour into tube pan and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes.
10. Remove from pan and cool and frost.
11. To make frosting, soften the butter.
12. Add sugar and cranberry sauce.
13. Beat until creamy and frost the cooled cake.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

GREAT CAKE, & easy to make! Can't remember ever making a cake with mayo, & now I know what I've been missing! The OJ & zest added a nice touch, as did the cranberry sauce in the frosting! Definitely a keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed for on of my adopted orphans at the end of this Spring's PAC]