Gingerbread Cake with Frosting

Decorate this spiced caramel cake with fresh or frozen cranberries to make a perfect centrepiece for any Christmas table. Cranberries are very rich in vitamin C, but their tart taste, which is due to their high acid content, can take a little getting used to. Cranberry shrubs, which are mainly cultivated and harvested in the northern states of the USA, flower in July. Their flowers look a little like the head and beak of a crane – hence the name of these little red fruits.