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Cranberry Chestnut Cake

URL: https://www.acozykitchen.com/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

  1. Make the chestnut paste by blending chestnuts until mostly smooth, then combine with cooked sugar and water, and blend with olive oil until soft.
  2. For the frosting, roast cranberries with sugar and salt, then puree and strain. Mix with butter and powdered sugar, and chill.
  3. Preheat the oven and prepare cake pans. Whisk together dry ingredients.
  4. Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time, followed by vanilla and chestnut paste. Alternate adding buttermilk and flour mixture.
  5. Divide batter into pans and bake until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in pans before transferring to a wire rack.
  6. 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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