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Orange Cranberry Cake or Muffins

Orange and cranberry make the perfect combo for the holidays! Choose to make a single 8-9" cake or 12 muffins.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword #layer cake, muffins, orange cranberry cake
Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Servings 12 servings

Ingredients

For Cake or Muffins:

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup room temp butter, plus more for wiping pans
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • zest of two oranges
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or extract (I love paste!)
  • 2 large eggs, room temp
  • 3/4 cup milk (or almond milk)
  • 2 cups fresh (or frozen) cranberries
  • 1/4 cup blanched sliced almonds (for cake only)

For Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon orange zest
  • 2-3 tablespoons orange juice

Instructions

For Cake or Muffins: preheat oven to 350 degrees, place oven rack in center position. Use a paper towel to wipe pans on the side and bottom with butter.

  1. Place flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl, whisk, set aside.

  2. In a mixing bowl blend butter and sugar until well combined. Add, orange zest, vanilla, and eggs, blend well. Alternate adding milk and dry ingredients until well combined and batter is smooth

  3. Fold cranberries in by hand. Pour into prepared cake pan or muffin tin. If making the cake, sprinkle batter with almonds.

    Bake muffins for 23-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Bake cake for 30-35 minutes. Allow to cool, then glaze!

For glaze:

  1. Place powdered sugar in a bowl. Add zest and then add orange juice 1 tablespoon at a time until glaze is just barely pourable. Don't make it too runny or it will all run off the muffins. You want it to be the consistency of honey . Spoon over cooled cake or muffins.