
Christmas's most wonderful cake with Red powder
Maya NestorovThis lovely Advent cake goes perfectly with mulled wine or why not with our healthy alternative "mulled wine-ish" with Lingon Raw Juice.
Ingredients:
3.5 dl wheat flour or gluten-free flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tsp RED powder - Lingonberry, Redcurrant, Cranberry
1 tsp ceylon cinnamon
1.5 tsp ground cloves
1.5 tsp ground ginger
1.5 tsp cardamom
125g cooled melted butter or dairy-free butter
2 dl granulated sugar
1 dl light muscovado sugar
2 eggs
1 dl cream or plant-based alternative
1 cup raw, mashed lingonberries
0.5 dl dried cranberries
1/3 cup coconut and 1 tablespoon butter for the pan
- Set the oven to 175 degrees hot air.
- Butter a large sponge cake tin and cover with coconut flakes.
- Melt the butter and set aside to cool.
- Sift the wheat flour with all the spices, Red berry powder and baking powder.
- Beat eggs, muscovado sugar and granulated sugar until fluffy for about 10 minutes. Fold in the flour mixture, then the cream a little at a time, then the butter a little at a time. Fold in the raw lingonberries and chopped cranberries carefully. Pour into the tin and bake in the lower part of the oven for about 45 minutes.
- Let the cake cool. Whisk 1 dl icing sugar, 1/2 tbsp water and a few drops of lemon juice to a smooth glaze, preferably with an electric whisk. Drizzle over the cake and dust with RED berry powder.