In the mood for something sweet? This Cranberry Orange Cake with Orange Buttercream Icing will do the trick and makes a great recipe for the upcoming (and much needed) springtime weather. Have a tea party and invite your friends over to try this delicious cranberry orange cake out. While you are at it share some of the other wonderful recipes our contributor Kathy has made.
Cranberry Orange Cake
Ingredients:
- ¾ Cup of butter
- 1 Cup of white sugar
- 2 Eggs
- ½ Cup of sour milk
- 1 Cup of cranberries (sliced in half)
- 1 Orange zest (chop orange into small pieces including the juice)
- 1 Tsp. of baking soda
- 2 Cups of flour
Directions:
- Cream butter and sugar together well, than add eggs. Mix well.
- Sift the baking soda into the flour.
- Add the sour milk and flour together.
- Fold in Cranberries, orange pieces and zest.
- Bake in a pan of your choice at 275º for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Orange Buttercream Icing
Ingredients:
- 3 Cups of powdered sugar
- ½ Cup of butter at room temperature
- ½ tsp. of vanilla
- 2 – 3 tablespoons of milk (your desired consistency)
- Zest of one fresh orange
Directions:
- Mix butter till nice and creamy.
- Slowly add half of the powdered sugar, a little at a time.
- Next, add the vanilla.
- Slowly start adding milk and the reminder of the sugar, mixing well.
- Once your icing is nice and creamy you can mix in the orange zest.
Optional Tip
**Boil 1/4 cup of brown sugar. When boiled, pour over the 1/2 cup of cranberries. Let this cool in the fridge. Once this has cooled, drain and roll the berries in white sugar. Shake off the excess sugar and add these sweet and tangy berries as a topping to your cake!
Enjoy!
FT&PD
Suz
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Mmmmm….there’s nothing I love more than cranberries and oranges. I love this recipe! Looks so delicious.
It’s a great combination together and this recipe pairs them so well together.
This is one of my favorite recipes for Spring.
And we are all very happy about that Kathy. 🙂
Oh my gosh! This sounds and looks like its delicious,. Again here I am looking at food before bed.
Haha Darlene, just have to bookmark it for the morning and then hit the baking aisle! Have fun making it. 🙂 Let me know!
Looks delicious! I, too, love both oranges and cranberries, but I have a confession to make! As I read along, I couldn’t help but wonder what this would taste like if I used wild blueberries instead of the cranberries?? The cranberry is a larger berry, so maybe I could try it, but increase the number of blueberries? Thank you, Suzanne, for sharing Kathy’s recipe.
I think you could definitely try a different berry with it Gemma and I know how much you love blueberries. Make sure to save me some if you give it a try. 🙂
Oh boy this cake looks super yummy, thx very much for sharing the recipe.
I am happy to Rosanne. I hope you get to give it a try!
Yummy! I would love this tangy confection! I bet my family would love it too! Thanks for the recipe!
This recipe sounds very delicious the cranberries and orange are a great combination
It has become a family favorite around here.:-)
Oh I bet my sister would love this! Might make it as her birthday cake this year 🙂
this sounds very delicious
It is! Try making it sometime and let us know how it turned out. 🙂
Sounds delicious, orange buttercream icing would be so good.
Wow such an enticing cake! I love all buttercream icing flavours
This looks and sounds amazing and I can’t wait to make this. Thanks.
Sound very easy to make and delicious.
This is a cake worth making. Great for an upcoming family reunion.
Nice bit of zest to this large cake recipe
I’ve never seen a cake like this and the sour milk doesn’t sound right, at all!
This cake looks absolutely divine! I bet it smells great, too.
that looks really yummy
Everytime I pass this page it make me hungry,I love tasty treats!
This looks so moist. and delicious. I bet the buttercream icing really complements the cranberries and orange.
My family loves cranberries will have to make this for them.
Sounds scrumptious, I think I will make this for my moms birthday new month , she would totally love this! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
The Sun is shining this am and I love it. Spring has finally arrived. Cranberry Orange Cake tonight with our first BBQ of the season. It’s a shame there will be no friends or family to shares this cake with.
that is a great flavor combination!! perfect time of the year to give it a try with fresh cranberries available!
Such a nice combonation for Fall/Winter .
Staying at home ? Try making th is tasty cake.
I’ll try half crushed cranberries and half whole. Looks super delish.