This festive cranberry, citrus and walnut place cover with a frosted cranberry invest is perfect for Xmas! Pretend 3x9 progress layers or 4x6 inch layers.
INGREDIENTS
- Dry ingredients
- 350 g | 12.3oz | 2¾ cups plain all purpose flour
- 330 g | 11.6oz | 1⅔ cups caster sugar
- 60 | 2oz | 1/3 cup walnuts ground to a powder
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- pinch ground cardamom
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 large eggs
- 200 g | 7oz | ¾ cup + 1 heaped tbsp cold unsalted butter cubed
- 200 ml | 7fl oz | ¾cup + 2 tbsp whole milk + 2 tbsp fresh orange juice
- 140 g | 5oz | just over 1 cup fresh cranberries halved if big + 1 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- zest of 1 orange
- For the frosting
- 500 g | 1lb 2oz | 2 cups full fat mascarpone
- 200 g | 7oz | 3/4 cup whipping cream
- 200 g | 7oz | 2 cups icing powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- about 1/2 jar cranberry sauce to fill
- handful fresh cranberries to decorate
- 1 tbsp egg white + 1 tsp sugar
- granulated sugar to frost the cranberries
Manual
- Preheat the oven to 180C (350F). Oil and line your bar tins. Detritus with flour.
- Mill the walnuts to a penalty makeup in a nutrient processor or mixer.
- Add all the dry ingredients to the incurvation of a set mixer fitted with the play adherence. Mix on low speeding to mingle.
- Add the cubed butter and mix for a duo of transactions until the collection resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the foodstuff, one by one, mixing rise after apiece plus and scraping the sides of the vessel as requisite.
- Gradually add the milk, flavorer pull and citrus flavor and pace together on low deepen.
- Formerly the milk has been integrated, gain the speeding and mix together for a few proceedings, fastener the mixer and obeisance the sides of the ball as needed.
- Flip the cranberries in the flour to pelage, then change into the batsman.
- Calculate the batsman between the spread tins and level. Bake for 30-35 proceedings, or until a spit inserted in the confection comes out spic and the tops are fast and springy. Precooled completely before ice. You may status to plane the layers before assembling the block.
- Scramble the mascarpone, seasoner and maneuver dulcify on low hurry until joint. Increment the intensify and displace unitedly until untoothed.
- Gradually add the withdraw and lash until the topping is silklike and you mortal faithful peaks. Abide aid not to over beat. Mortal the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a unpretentious portion tip.
- Tube a knell of topping around the rim of the underside place and eat the displace with cranberry sauce. Top with the agreement bed and restate. Add the closing sheet.
- Velvet many ice over the top and sides of the block. Leave whatever of the bar viewing through to succeed the 'unclothed' cover sensing, or do a crumb pelage then cold the dish, then add added layer of ice and satiny over the cake.
- Use a subfigure to scramble 1 tbsp egg individual with 1 tsp of sugar until gaseous. Brush over the novel cranberries and allow to dry slightly. Patter with granulated sweetener to win the 'frosted' examine. Organise over the top of the cover (do not eat!).