Cranberry christmas cake

Boil the coarsely chopped cranberries in a pan with the water in 5 minutes until soft.

Puree the cranberries with a hand blender.

Add the sugar and dissolve it with stirring.

Let the mixture boil for 3-5 minutes, bubbling until it becomes a syrupy puree.

Allow the cranberry puree to cool.

Preheat the oven to 175 ° C.

Place the piece of parchment paper on the bottom of the mold and fold it up along the edge.

The paper may protrude above the shape.

Put the self-raising flour with the butter, eggs, a pinch of salt and the cranberry mixture in a bowl and beat with the hand mixer to a smooth batter.

Pour the batter into the mold and spread the dried cranberries over it.

Bake the cake in the oven for 25-30 minutes.

Allow the cake to cool.

Place the cake in the baking paper on a flat dish, or carefully pull the paper off first.

Place the leaves on the cake and sprinkle the cake with a sieve of light with icing sugar.

Then remove the leaves very carefully.

Cut the cake into squares.