Espresso Pound Cake with Cranberries and Pecans

Name: Espresso Pound Cake with Cranberries and Pecans
Prep time: 5 h 10 min
Cook time: 5 h 10 min
Total time: 5 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 237 milliliters dried sweetened cranberries or dried unsweetened cherries or blueberries, divided; 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 4 larges eggs; 118 milliliters (packed) golden brown sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice or ground cardamom; 1 Tbsp instant espresso powder or instant coffee; 2 Tbsps milk; 237 milliliters chopped toasted pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, or almonds, divided; 355 milliliters powdered sugar; 177 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters unbleached all purpose flour; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Espresso Pound Cake with Cranberries and Pecans a try. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 615 calories, 6g of protein, and 34g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 5 hours and 10 minutes. A mixture of powdered sugar, instant coffee, unbleached all purpose flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It will be a hit at your Christmas event.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 9 x 5 x 3-inch metal loaf pan. Dust pan with flour, tapping out excess.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Loaf Pan

Oven

Whisk flour, cornstarch, cinnamon, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in medium bowl.

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Corn Starch

Cinnamon

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk eggs and vanilla in small bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon espresso powder in large bowl until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. With mixer running, gradually add egg mixture.

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Instant Espresso

Brown Sugar

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Blender

Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture in 2 additions, beating on low speed just to blend after each addition. Beat batter 30 seconds on medium speed.

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All Purpose Flour

Add 3/4 cup pecans and 3/4 cup cranberries; beat just to incorporate evenly.

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Cranberries

Pecans

Transfer batter to pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake cake until top is golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 5 minutes. Invert cake; remove pan. Turn cake top side up; cool on rack.

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Toothpicks