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Cranberry-Caramel Cake

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Cranberry-Caramel Cake
  • Prep 35 min
  • Total 2 hr 30 min
  • Ingredients 11
  • Servings 16
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Combine a cornucopia of holiday flavors--eggnog, pumpkin pie spice, and cranberries--to dress up yellow cake mix, then top with easy homemade caramel.
By Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Aug 30, 2011

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 cup light eggnog or milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Caramel Sauce

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 325°F. Grease and lightly flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan, or spray with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake mix, pumpkin pie spice, eggnog, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in cranberries and walnuts. Pour into pan.
  • 2
    Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn cake upside down onto cooling rack; remove pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
  • 3
    Melt butter in 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. Heat to boiling. Cook about 1 minute, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves. Stir in whipping cream. Return to boiling, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Serve warm sauce over cake.

Tips from the Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Bake this cake up to two months in advance and let it cool; seal it in two layers of plastic wrap and freeze it. Thaw the wrapped cake at room temperature for two hours.
  • tip 2
    To make sauce in microwave, place butter in 4-cup microwavable measuring cup. Microwave uncovered on High about 1 minute or until melted. Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. Microwave uncovered on High 2 to 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves, stirring once halfway through cook time. Stir in whipping cream. Microwave uncovered on High 45 to 60 seconds or until mixture boils, stirring once halfway through cook time.

Nutrition Information

370 Calories, 20g Total Fat, 3g Protein, 45g Total Carbohydrate, 31g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
370
Calories from Fat
180
Total Fat
20g
31%
Saturated Fat
8g
39%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
75mg
26%
Sodium
260mg
11%
Potassium
105mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
45g
15%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Sugars
31g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
8%
8%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
10%
10%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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