Finest Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake

The Finest Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake is extremely moist, full of cranberries, and topped with a surprising orange glaze! Sugared cranberries and orange zest on high make it a showstopper. Excellent for Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert!

Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake Recipe

It’s no secret that on the subject of cake, I really like me a bundt. No greasing a number of pans, no slicing and layering, and no fussy meeting or adorning wanted. What’s to not love?

And I simply so occur to know that you love bundt truffles, too! As a result of a few of the hottest recipes on this web site are my almond amaretto bundt cake, greatest ever chocolate bundt cake (omg, topped that one with peanut butter frosting final week and it was insane), and this white chocolate cranberry bundt cake.

As we speak, we welcome a brand new bundt into the household! This cranberry and orange magnificence is exploding with orange taste because of orange zest, orange juice, orange soaking syrup, and an orange glaze! Contemporary cranberries inside and sugared cranberries on the skin add taste and shade. However don’t fear… it doesn’t style like cranberry sauce.

This gorgeous cake is a must-bake this vacation season!

Make the Cake Batter

1. Preheat the oven. Get your bundt pan out and set it apart. However don’t grease it!
2. Whisk collectively the known as for dry substances. Set them apart.
3. You’ll want both a stand mixer fitted or electrical mixer to beat the butter and cream cheese. Make sure you beat till each are evenly mixed and the combination is tremendous creamy. Use a spatula to scrape down the edges and backside of the bowl as wanted to realize this!
4. Add within the sugar and beat till mild and fluffy. Once more, take your time right here! This could take about 3 minutes. Make sure you obtain the proper texture, then beat within the vanilla extract and orange liqueur.
5. Add within the eggs, one by one. You wish to beat properly after every addition, and let it totally incorporate into the batter earlier than you add your subsequent egg. Once more, you should use a spatula to assist right here, use it to scrape down the edges of the bowl as wanted. Then beat within the orange juice, orange zest, and oil.
6. On low pace, add within the flour combination, mixing simply till mixed. Gently fold within the cranberries. Make sure to not over combine there or your cake will probably be dry!

Put together the Bundt Pan

Though this may increasingly go towards each intuition you’ve got, you wish to wait till the cake batter is made to prep the bundt pan. So you should definitely generously spray it proper earlier than you propose on including the batter to the pan. And by generously I imply GENEROUSLY. Make sure you spray each nook and cranny… after which spray it once more as soon as extra simply to make certain.

As soon as your pan is correctly prepped, scrape the cake batter into the pan and, utilizing a rubber spatula, evenly clean the highest.

Bake the Cake

In contrast to many recipes that decision so that you can preheated the oven to 350, this recipe asks you to bake at a barely decrease temperature of 325. Baking at a decrease temp, for an extended period of time, ensures the cake will totally cook dinner all through, however received’t burn whereas doing so.

The cake can take wherever from 65 to 70 minutes to totally bake. You possibly can examine doneness by inserting a toothpick within the middle of the cake. When the toothpick comes out clear, you realize it’s finished!

How you can Take away the Pan

When you take away it from the oven, you’ll wish to cool the cake, within the pan, on a wire rack for precisely quarter-hour. Then slowly and punctiliously invert the cake onto the cooling rack to chill fully. If you happen to really feel the cake combating you (sticking to the pan) flip it again the wrong way up and funky for one more 5 minutes, then attempt once more. It ought to pop proper out! Simply be certain you don’t let it sit too lengthy within the pan, which DEFINITELY will trigger it to stay.

Make it Fairly

If you happen to’re something like me, half the enjoyable of baking a cake is making it look gorgeous! I imply… who doesn’t love a showstopper? For this cake, I selected to high it with about 1 and 1/2 cups of sugared cranberries and orange peel. However the world is your oyster right here! Be at liberty to depart it plain, high it with orange zest, candied ginger, or completely nothing in any respect.

Extra Cranberry and Orange Recipes:

• Bakery-Fashion Cranberry Orange Muffins
• Darkish Chocolate Cranberry Orange Slice & Bake Cookies
• Cranberry Orange Pancakes
• Cranberry Orange Cake
• Bakery-Fashion Cranberry Orange Scones
• Cranberry Orange Ricotta Cheesecake

Finest Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake

Ashley Manila

The Finest Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake is extremely moist, full of cranberries, and topped with a surprising orange glaze! Sugared cranberries and orange zest on high make it a showstopper. Excellent for Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert!

Prep Time 45 minutes

Prepare dinner Time 1 hr 10 minutes

Cooling Time: 2 hrs

Complete Time 3 hrs 55 minutes

Course Dessert

Delicacies American, Baking, Cake

Servings 10 -inch Bundt Cake

Substances 

For the Cake:

• 3 cups plus 1 Tablespoon (374g) all-purpose flour divided
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon floor cardamom non-obligatory
• 12 ounces (340g) full-fat cream cheese room temperature
• 8 ounces (227g) unsalted butter room temperature
• 2 cups (398g) granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons orange liqueur
• 5 massive eggs room temperature
• 1/2 cup (113ml) orange juice
• 3 Tablespoons (40g) orange zest finely grated
• 2 cups cranberries contemporary or frozen, if utilizing frozen, don’t thaw first

For the Orange Soaking Syrup:

• 1/3 cup (76ml) orange juice
• 1/2 cup (99g) granulated sugar
• 2 Tablespoons (28ml) orange liqueur

For the Glaze:

• 2 cups (228g) confectioners’ sugar sifted
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 and 1/2 Tablespoons (35ml) orange juice extra if wanted
• 2 teaspoons orange liqueur

Garnish Concepts (Elective):

• sugared cranberries
• sugared rosemary
• orange zest

Directions 

For the Cake:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk 3 cups of the flour (360g), the baking powder, salt, and cardamom collectively till properly mixed. Put aside till wanted.

• Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a big bowl utilizing a handheld electrical mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese on medium pace till clean and creamy, about 1 minute. 

• Step by step add within the sugar, then enhance the pace to medium-high and proceed beating till mild and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat within the vanilla extract and orange liqueur. 

• Scale back the pace to medium, then add within the eggs, one by one, beating properly after every addition and scraping down the edges of the bowl as wanted. Beat within the orange juice, and orange zest. 

• Scale back the pace to low and add within the flour combination, mixing simply till mixed. Flip off the mixer. 

• In a medium bowl mix the cranberries and remaining flour (1 Tablespoon/14g), toss properly to coat the cranberries within the flour. Utilizing a rubber spatula, gently fold within the cranberries. 

• Generously grease a 10-inch (12-cup) bundt pan, being certain to coat all the nooks and crannies. I recommend utilizing a non-stick baking spray that has flour in it, or greasing the pan with shortening or butter, then dusting it with flour. Scrape the cake batter into the pan and, utilizing a rubber spatula, evenly clean the highest. 

• Bake within the preheated oven for 65 to 68 minutes, OR till a cake tester inserted within the middle of the cake comes out clear, or with a couple of moist crumbs connected. 

• Cool cake within the pan, positioned on a cooling rack, for quarter-hour, then fastidiously invert the cake onto the cooling rack.

• Slowly brush the nice and cozy orange soaking syrup everywhere in the cake, high and sides, permitting it to sink in earlier than including extra. As soon as all the syrup has been added, set the cake apart to chill fully, about 2 hours.

For the Orange Soaking Syrup:

• In a medium saucepan, mix the orange juice and sugar. Carry to a simmer over medium warmth and cook dinner, whisking often, simply till the sugar has fully dissolved. 

• Take away from warmth, whisk within the orange liqueur, and use as directed above.

For the Glaze:

• In a big liquid measuring cup or bowl, mix the sugar and salt. Whisk within the orange juice and orange liqueur, mixing till simply mixed. The combination needs to be tremendous thick and simply barely pourable.

• If the glaze is simply too thick, add extra orange juice, a teaspoon at a time. If the glaze is simply too skinny, add extra confectioners’ sugar, a tablespoon at a time. 

• Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake and let it set for 20 minutes. Slice and serve!

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