Cranberry Lemon Cake

paxye's Note:

I love the tart taste of Cranberries and Lemons... So I had to make something with both together... Perfectly Tart and not too sweet... and so easy to make... my kids love them too! a perfect combination...

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 16

• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 -3 cups cranberries (use the lesser amount if you don't like them as tart as I do)

Directions:

1. Beat together eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla.
2. Mix in Lemon zest and juice.
3. Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
4. Fold in cranberries.
5. Pour into 9 x 9 cake pan (the batter will be thick).
6. Bake at 350 degrees 40-45 minutes .

Reviews

[FrenchBunny]

I had made these into mini bundt cakes, and got 6 of them. They took 37 minutes in the oven. I had used dried cranberries and used the whole package which was 3 cups. The flavors of the lemon and the cranberries were excellent, a wonderful balance of tartness. I had gotten 1/2 cup of lemon juice with my lemon that was put into the mix. I had put a lemon glaze on top of the bundt cakes and it added a very nice extra lemon taste. And I found they definitely need to be served warm because it makes them taste really moist. Thanks for sharing your recipe paxye

[rusticgirl]

PERFECT recipe. My only mod is cutting the sugar to 1 cup. When I want to make it lower fat I sub yogurt for the butter. Thank you!!

[Sydney Mike]

First of all I gotta say, it's nice to know another one who loves a cranberry & lemon combo ~ AND, you have a great recipe here! I made sure that I used a large lemon along with 3 full cups of frozen cranberries! Believe it or not, I made this intending to give it as a gift, but then decided to keep it all to myself (well, myself & my other half, but that just means that I get to eat most of it!)! This recipe goes into my several of my special cookbooks! Thanks, much, for sharing it! [Made & reviewed in Tag It RED!]