Cranberry Orange Cream Cheese Cake

This cranberry orange cream cheese pound cake is the perfect dessert this holiday season. Drizzled with an orange glaze, it makes for a great coffee cake or after dinner dessert.

Cranberry Orange Cream Cheese Cake

Cranberry and orange are one of my favorite flavor combinations at this time of the year. I love cranberry & orange scones, fresh cranberry sauce with the zest of orange and now I’ve added a delicious cream cheese pound cake to my repertoire. Make this delicious Cranberry Orange Cream Cheese Cake and you will thank me, I promise you!

My mother-in-law first introduced me to this cake over Thanksgiving and it was an instant hit among our entire family. Even my toddler went nuts for it! While she made it in a loaf tin and skipped the glaze, either way is equally delicious.

The cream cheese allows the cake to stay perfectly moist and the cranberries and orange zest add the perfect zing.

I dare you to take a bite of this and not go back for seconds (and thirds, and fourths!!).

I decided to pair mine with some freshly sugared cranberries which are an amazing addition to any cake. If you’ve never had them before you’re in for a treat. These little guys pop in your mouth and have both a sweetness and tartness that I love. Plus, they are so festive looking don’t you think?

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Cranberry Orange Cream Cheese Cake

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 sticks unsalted butter
• 1 8oz package cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• zest of 2 oranges
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• 2 cups fresh cranberries, roughly chopped

Orange Glaze

• 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
• 1 tbsp milk
• zest of 1 orange
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

Instructions

For The Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

   Roughly chopped cranberries.

   In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together butter, cream cheese, and sugar until creamy. When mixer is light in color and fluffy, add the zest. Set mixer to low and add in eggs, one at a time, incorporating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

   In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just incorporated. Fold in chopped cranberries.

   Grease cake pans. Pour batter into a bundt pan or divide evenly between two loaf pans. Place on a baking sheet, and bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

   Remove from oven. Place cakes on a wire rack to cool for about 10 mins.

   Remove cakes from pans, and let cool further on the wire rack. Drizzle with orange glaze while the cake is still warm. Serve warm or at room temperature.

   
   

Orange Glaze:

1. Whisk confectioners sugar, milk, orange zest and orange juice together in a small bowl. Add more juice or sugar to achieve the desired consistency.