Delicious Orange Cranberry Cake Recipe
We love this vintage Orange Cranberry Cake. Cranberry Cake Recipes are perfect anytime and when combined with sweet orange flavour this cake is a winner.
Servings 8
Calories 488kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs separated
- 1/2 cup milk* sour see note below
- 1 orange large
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 tsp hot water
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp cream heavy - 35% milk fat
- 1 tbsp orange juice fresh
- 1 tsp orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C
- Squeeze the orange and add all of the juice to the sour milk and set aside
- Put the cranberries and leftover orange (remove large bits of pith) and grind fairly fine in your food processor. Set this aside as it will be added to the cake batter at the end.
- Cream butter, sugar and egg yolks together
- Add the sour milk mixture
- Stir in the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
- The batter will be quite dense at this point.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff
- Fold in the orange/cranberry mixture into the batter
- Add the beaten egg whites
- Pour the batter into the greased bundt pan
- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Invert the cake onto a plate and then invert again so that it is top side up.
- While the cake is baking mix up the glaze to have it ready to pour on the cake once it has cooled for about 10 - 15 minutes. The cake will still be warm enough for the glaze to nicely melt into the cracks and crevices on top.
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Notes
Note: To make 1 cup (250 mL) sour milk for baking, use 1 tbsp (15 mL) vinegar or lemon juice and enough milk to equal 1 cup (250 mL). Stir and let stand for 5 minutes before using. This will give the right amount of acidity for the recipe.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 488kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 289mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 55g
