A cranberry walnut coffee cake. A creamy cake filled with sweet cranberries and crunchy walnuts. With a hint of gingerbread spices. A great combination. And an easy recipe!
This pound cake with delicious cranberries and crunchy walnuts is one of those sweet treats where there won't be any slice left.
Even the crumbs were eaten away. The recipe is nice and easy and it takes just over an hour to put this on the table.
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📖 Recipe
Servings: slices
Equipment
- A conventional oven is used. When using a convection oven (with air fan) decrease the temperature with 30 °F / 20 °C
- loaf / pound cake tin 6 inches / 15 cm
Ingredients
- 100 grams cranberries dried
- 1 egg size L
- 250 grams self-rising flour (or 245 grams flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder)
- 2 teaspoons gingerbread spices
- 250 grams sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 80 ml sunflower oil
- 75 grams walnuts chopped
- 240 ml milk
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 340 degrees Fahrenheit / 170 degrees Celsius.
- Brush a cake tin with butter.
- Soak the cranberries for 10 minutes in hot water. Drain and dry.
- In a bowl mix the dry ingredients: self-rising flour, salt, and gingerbread spices.
- In a second bowl mix the oil with the sugar for 2 minutes (until it's foamy) on high speed.
- Add the egg and mix until the egg is incorporated.
- Pour the milk with the liquids and mix for 1 minute.
- Turn the mixer on low speed and add the dry ingredients. When the ingredients are mixed turn the mixer off.
- Add the cranberries and walnuts and mix them through the batter with a spatula.
- Pour the batter in the tin and bake for 60 minutes in the oven, until the cake is golden brown and done.
- Take the cake from the oven and let it stand for 5 minutes.
- Then get the cake out of the tin and let it cool down on a wire rack.
Notes
1. Gingerbread Spices -
If you don't have gingerbread spices you can easily prepare them yourself (they're also called speculaas spices in Dutch). If you want to make your own spice blend use this basic recipe. Mix the following spices in a small bowl:
If you don't have gingerbread spices you can easily prepare them yourself (they're also called speculaas spices in Dutch). If you want to make your own spice blend use this basic recipe. Mix the following spices in a small bowl:
- 4 tablespoons of ground cinnamon
- 3 teaspoons of ground nutmeg
- 3 teaspoons of ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons of ground anise seeds
- 2 teaspoons of coriander
- 1 teaspoon white pepper.
Nutrition
Calories: 334kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 134mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 72IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Iron: 1mg
Ashlea C. says
From oven to table in less than an hour this is perfect for brunch! Delicious!
Christina says
So delicious!
Audrey says
I love the flavors in this recipe.
Natalie says
What a lovely cake. Looks delicious! I will definitely give this a try over the weekend. Will be perfect with a cup of tea on afternoons.
Barbara says
Please list the individual ingredients in "gingerbread spices" as I will have to make the mix myself.
Andréa says
Hi Barbara, You can find the ingredients in this post as speculaaskruiden. https://www.byandreajanssen.com/gevulde-speculaas-koekjes-dutch-almond-filled-spice-cookies/
Andréa says
Hi Barbara, I added the notes to the recipe card! Have baking fun! Kind regards, Andréa