Cranberry Spice Bundt Cake Recipe (2024)

I haven't tried this recipe yet, but have often successfully halved Bundt cake recipes by baking in an 8x8" square pan (becomes more like a snack cake). The standard baking advice for halving 3 eggs = 1 whole egg + 1 egg yolk (save the white for another use). One more consideration is the leftover cranberries - this full recipe doesn't use up the whole standard bag of fresh (340 g), so halving would leave even more. I'd stick the leftover amount in the freezer.

Switched out half the cardamom for an equal amount of cinnamon—this was so good! Recommend adding sugar when flouring the pan to get a really nice crust

Came out just like the photo and tasted as good as I had hoped. A pretty holiday cake.

The article that introduced this cake suggested using cinnamon if you don't like cardamom. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/dining/best-simple-holiday-cake-recipes.html

I made this cake today, swapping cinnamon for cardamom. I have an 8-cup Bundt pan and a 4-cup Bundt pan. I divided the batter between them. I put about 2/3 of the batter in the 8-cup Bundt pan and the remaining third in the smaller pan. They rose and baked beautifully! I monitored at 5 minute increments after the first 15 minutes of baking. The 4-cup pan was done baking at 33 minutes and the larger at 46 minutes.

I used a whole bag of cranberries & it came out great! Very moist cake - a winner!

No, Bakers Spray is a specific type of nonstick spray that has flour in it. Pam does make a version of it. You can find it in the baking section of a grocery store. I've used regular Pam for baking applications, and it is usually fine in a pinch, but for a bundt cake, which is made in a specialty pan which you can't line with parchment paper, it's a good idea to use baking spray--especially when the cake has sticky elements, such as the cranberries in this recipe.

Very fun recipe! Don’t have a Bundt pan, used two tea cake/loaf pans (one 9x5 the other 8x4) and watched them closely for time. It worked great, though I do think you could away with most of the batter in the 9x5 and would get a much loftier cake. The rise was pretty minimal in the oven, though it starts as a very light, fluffy batter. Up the spices if you want to taste them over the tart cranberry. They were strong in the raw batter but mellowed a lot in the bake. Will make again!

Fill the pan no higher than 3/4 of the way up. The batter needs room to rise. Bake the remaining batter in a smaller pan or as cupcakes for much less time.After spraying the Bundt pan with baking spray that includes flour, brush the spray into all the interstices of the pan. And to make sure it doesn't slip down, when using a Bundt pan save this step until just before filling the pan.Many good tips in a video on the Nordic Ware website:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GTTEubSjrE

I substituted eggs with flax eggs, yogurt for soy yogurt and plant based butter instead of real butter and it came out amazing. I’ll definitely make this again. And again.

Great recipe! Fresh, light, with just the right level of tart/sharpness. We had a smaller Bundt pan and filled it with the batter about 3/4 up. Baked beautifully and still had some room at the top after rising. We used the rest in a cupcake/muffin pan and baked it along with the cake for the last 20 min (yielded 4).

Just made this, the texture is phenomenal. I added walnuts and I used some chunky cran from the can because that’s what I had on hand. I wish I’d tripled all the spices, it wasn’t nearly cinnamon-y enough for me. I skipped the frosting because the canned cran had more than enough sweetness. I will definitely make this again.

If you read the accompanying article, she suggests cinnamon.

We liked this best two days after baking when the cardamon mellowed a bit. Since we're not serving this to kids, next time I'll brush on rum/sugar/lemon juice glaze while still warm (see apple bourbon cake) as I did not think the powdered sugar glaze added much.

I divided the recipe in 3, easy to do with the measurements given in grams (thank you NYT!).Put the dough into a loaf tin and it came out perfect.

The icing should, at minimum, be halved. 2 1/4 cups is an absolutely insane amount of sugar. 1 cup is plenty if your goal is to decorate the cake, not submerge it. The cake honestly doesn’t need more sweetness, it’s perfectly fine on its own.

Fabulous and delicious cake. It’s very moist. Very easy to make. It was a big hit in my party.

I made this for my birthday using frozen raspberries. I reduced the sugar somewhat but made a simple syrup with the juice of the orange and brushed that into the cake while it was still warm. Delicious cake with a softer crumb than most bundt cakes, probably because of the oil. Tip: I always use butter and fine bread crumbs to prepare the bundt pans. Have never gad a problem with turning out the cake.

1. After trying this cake with Blueberries, we found that the flavors worked better with cranberries. Worth buying extra in the fall and keeping them in the freezer for Christmas time cakes. 2. Cake does not need so much icing. Try a smaller amount, maybe 2/3?

This is a great recipe. The cake was moist and delicate. It is interesting that both butter and oil are used. I did not have cranberries but used frozen,slightly chopped raspberries and they seemed to be the perfect combination with the orange flavored cake. The cake also kept its soft crumb for a few days (as long as the cake lasted!).

Made this for a NYE party and it was beautiful and delicious. A friend doesn't enjoy cilantro- I subbed in cinnamon and it went well with the cardamom and ginger. Decorated with candied clementine slices and blueberries, and some silver ball icing toppers. Looked so festive! Moist with a nice tartness from the cranberries (I used frozen).

Didn’t have coriander so I replaced it with cinnamon. I used nonfat yogurt because that is what I had. It was delicious! Great texture and flavor. I used baking spray and had no trouble getting it out of the pan.

Awesome! I just made this with gluten free flour (KA Measure for Measure) and a touch of almond flour. Used frozen cherries and added some dried cranberries to balance out the cherries' sweetness. Used buttermilk and sour cream combo. For the icing, I had a moment of genius and used Luxardo cherry juice for color as well as some orange and dark cherry extracts for flavor. This is a delicious cake. Spouse, teen, and I all really enjoyed it. Can't tell it's gluten free. A winner!

Had to make a few changes based on my pantry and fridge - buttermilk instead of yogurt, lime zest instead of orange(!), and an improvised glaze . . . But the cake turned out pretty perfect - moist and tasty. I doubled the spices and would do that again, as they're present but still not very strong.

just made this - wow it is fantastic. I forgot the vanilla and it didn't seem to matter. pulsed the cranberries a couple of times in the food processor as suggested by another commenter. Also made the icing w orange juice instead of cranberry/pomegranate. I am going to have to give pieces of this away - otherwise I will eat the whole thing myself. dorie greenspan for the win!

Used 1:1 gluten free flour and it turned out beautiful, didn't even have to adjust the baking time. The icing did not turn out though. I ended up juicing the leftover cranberries to make the 2 tbsps or so needed, and the mixture tasted like plastic. Maybe should've used store-bought instead. Ended up mixing some homemade cranberry sauce and the flavor is great, but the consistency is a bit runny.

Made this 2 days ahead of time for Christmas morning. Wrapped in plastic wrap and stored at room temperature. Unwrapped and iced it Christmas morning. It was a big hit! Came out just like photo and super moist. I took the trouble to buy and use the baking spray and recommend doing so.

Cook for only 50 minutes. Cooked for 55. It becomes a little dry. 50 minutes it releases from the Bundt pan perfectly and it’s still moist.

Made this recipe exactly as written, and every single person who tried it was blown away with how beautiful AND staggeringly delicious it was. Dorie Greenspan, I love you.

Delish! Added half blueberries because I ran out of cranberries and also iced with oj as the base. Very tasty and makes a great snack cake.