Cranberry Chestnut Cake
Ingredients
Chestnut Paste
-
1 1/4
cup
chopped chestnuts
-
1/3
cup
white granulated sugar
-
2
tablespoons
water
-
1
tablespoon
olive oil
Cranberry Frosting
-
4
ounces
cranberries
-
2
tablespoons
brown sugar
-
pinch
salt
-
2
cups
unsalted butter, at room temperature
-
4 1/2
cups
powdered sugar, sifted
-
2 to 3
tablespoons
cranberry puree
Chestnut Cake
-
2 1/2
cups
cake flour, sifted
-
1
tablespoon
baking powder
-
1
teaspoon
salt
-
1
cup
unsalted butter, room temperature
-
1 1/2
cups
white granulated sugar
-
4
large
eggs
-
1 1/2
teaspoons
pure vanilla extract
-
3/4
cup
buttermilk
-
1/2
cup
homemade chestnut paste
For garnish
-
2 to 3
cranberries, sliced
-
2
sprigs
fresh rosemary
-
1
teaspoon
powdered sugar
Instructions
- Make the chestnut paste by blending chestnuts until mostly smooth, then combine with cooked sugar and water, and blend with olive oil until soft.
- For the frosting, roast cranberries with sugar and salt, then puree and strain. Mix with butter and powdered sugar, and chill.
- Preheat the oven and prepare cake pans. Whisk together dry ingredients.
- Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time, followed by vanilla and chestnut paste. Alternate adding buttermilk and flour mixture.
- Divide batter into pans and bake until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in pans before transferring to a wire rack.
- Assemble the cake by layering with frosting, smoothing out, and chilling. Decorate with additional frosting and garnish.
Nutrition Facts (estimated)
Servings
1 (eight-inch) cake
Calories
250
Total fat
10g
Total carbohydrates
20g
Total protein
20g
Sodium
20mg
Cholesterol
20mg
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