Simply Delicious Eggless Pistachio Cranberry Christmas Cake

Eggless Pistachio Cranberry Christmas Cake … so simple to make and simply delicious, this is a festive bake that reminds you of the good old school bakery cakes. Buttery, rich and ever so satisfying, it’s one I have baked several times this holiday season. This makes a great gift too!

With things being quite busy on the home front, I’m struggling to share Christmas recipes on the blog and I guess we still have a few days left, so here we go! Nothing screams the colours of Christmas better than bright green pistachios and jewel like deep red dried cranberries, both of which I’ve used a load over these holidays.

I’ve collaborated with United States Department of Agriculture to create and share recipes using their wonderful produce – pistachios, almonds, walnuts, pecans, cranberries, even frozen blueberries. You can find some of the recipes here on reels on my Instagram feed, while others should show up here soon. Do follow me on Instagram because most of my recipes assembly videos show up there on my handle @passionateaboutbaking with recipes on my recipe handle @pabrecipes

The Eggless Pistachio Cranberry Christmas Cake is reminiscent of the old style bakery cakes that we devoured as kids, memories coming alive with every bite. The crumb is rich and light, the sweetness just perfect and the bite of pistachios and cranberries so satisfying. I like to blanch and peel the pistachios to get the beautiful green and though it’s a slightly tedious job, the results are so bright and cheerful. I save the peels for smoothies or soup so nothing goes waste!

Oh and I forgot to say that I flavoured the cake with fresh orange zest and it made ALL the difference. The colour was a warm orange and the flavours paired so well with the nuts and berries. I love that simple, natural everyday flavours can add so much oomph to a simple bake, lift it up so effortlessly, so deliciously. The chocolate chips are optional of course but we loved them in there because chocolate ♥!

Do tag me on Instagram at passionateaboutbaking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it! Thank you for stopping by!

• Find more Christmas recipes here.
• Recipes with pistachios
• Recipes with cranberries

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Eggless Pistachio Cranberry Christmas Cake

… so simple to make and simply delicious, this is a festive bake that reminds you of the good old school bakery cakes. Buttery, rich and ever so satisfying, it's one I have baked several times this holiday season.

Makes one 4.5" x 7.9" loaf

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, British

Keyword baking, cake, dessert, eggfree, eggless, eggless baking, eggless cake, fruit, one bowl, simple, vegetarian

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

6 hours hours

Servings 8 people

Ingredients

• 85 g clarified butter / ghee melted, warm
• 110 g yogurt whisked
• 40 g milk warm
• Zest of 1 orange
• 75 g castor sugar
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 100 g all purpose flour maida
• 25 g almond meal/ground almonds
• 50 g American pistachio peeled
• 50 g American cranberries chopped roughly
• 50 g dark chocolate chips

Topping

• American pistachios American cranberries, chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 170C
• Lightly grease and line a loaf pan with parchment paper with a slight overhang to help take out the baked loaf.
• In a large bowl whisk together the ghee, yogurt, milk, sugar, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Whisk in the flour, pistachios, cranberries and chocolate chips.
• Transfer batter to loaf pan and even out.
• Top with pistachios, cranberries and chocolate chips
• Bake for approximately 45 minutes/until the top is light golden brown and the tester comes out clean. Tent the top with a sheet of foil after 20-25 minutes to prevent the top from over browning.
• Cool completely, then demold.
• The loaf is delicious warm as well but a little crumbly.

Note : The batter also makes 6 cupcakes. Bake at 180C/20minutes