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Cranberry & yogurt loaf cake

Cranberry & yogurt loaf cake

By Alexander Ferreira
30’ Prep time
60’ Cook time
90’ Total time
394 Calories
10 Serving

Summary

This is a fairly low-effort bake, but it looks (and tastes) spectacular, thanks to its deliciously colourful topping. it will keep for a couple of days stored in a cool place in an airtight container. just the thing for teatime or as a pudding with cream.
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Step by Step

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200ºC, gas mark 6. Grease a 900g loaf tin and line with baking parchment. Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Combine the beaten eggs, orange zest and juice and the vanilla; mix into the creamed butter in 3-4 pours, each time ensuring the liquid has been incorporated before adding the next glug. Fold in the flour, baking powder and mixed spice, then fold in the yogurt until you have a smooth batter.
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Step 2

Transfer ¼ of the batter to the loaf tin. Scatter a handful of cranberries in a line over this layer, then fold the remaining cranberries into the remaining batter and transfer to the cake tin. Bake the cake for 50-55 minutes; once a skewer comes out clean, it’s cooked. Leave the cake in the hot tin to rest for 15 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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Step 3

For the topping, heat the cranberries, orange juice and caster sugar in a very small pan until half the fruits have popped and the rest are soft (about 5 minutes). Strain the liquid through a fine sieve over a bowl, reserving the solids. Mix 2-3 tbsp of the liquid with the icing sugar to make an icing similar in consistency to treacle. Stir the reserved solids into the remaining liquid. Pour and spread the icing over the cooled cake – some drips down the sides are good – and top with the cooled softened fruit.

Ingredient

  • Plain flour
    Plain flour
    250 grams
  • Unsalted butter
    Unsalted butter
    125 grams
  • Caster sugar
    Caster sugar
    200 grams
  • Icing sugar
    Icing sugar
    150 grams
  • Baking powder
    Baking powder
    1 tsp
  • Orange
    Orange
    0.5
  • Greek yogurt
    Greek yogurt
    100 grams
  • Vanilla extract
    Vanilla extract
    1 tsp
  • Mixed spice
    Mixed spice
    2 tsp
  • British blacktail free range large egg
    British blacktail free range large egg
    2
  • Fresh cranberries
    Fresh cranberries
    150 grams
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