Cranberry Orange Cake/Bread
The most delicious and easy cranberry orange cake you'll ever make. It can be made in a loaf pan and served as a sweet bread or in a bundt pan as a cake. Makes a beautiful presentation when decorated.
Ingredients
- 1 12 ounce package fresh cranberries
- 1 cup orange juice
- 3 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 eggs
- 4 cups flour
- 2-3 cups chopped pecans optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix cranberries with flour first. This keeps the cranberries from sinking to the bottom of the pan.
- Add all other ingredients to the cranberry/flour mixture.
- Mix together well.
- Grease and flour bundt pan. (I actually like to use sugar instead of flour)
- Pour batter into pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Make sure cake is done in the center.
Notes
A couple of other options, are baking in a loaf pan and serving like a bread. Also, baking in mini loaf pans makes great gifts for friends and neighbors.
You can also bake it in a 9x13 glass baking dish and cut into squares to serve.
This cake/bread freezes really well, so you can make it ahead.
The recipe calls for 3 cups of sugar which makes if fairly sweet. I suggest cutting the sugar if you want a less sweet bread or cake.