Easy Cranberry And Orange Carrot Cake With A Simple Orange Glaze Food

CRANBERRY CAKE WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Toss the cranberries in a little flour and set aside.
• Place the sugar and eggs in a large bowl and beat with a mixer until light and fluffy.
• Sift the flour with the baking powder then add to the mixture in the bowl a little at a time along with the softened butter. Continue to mix until completely blended, then stir in the yogurt.
• Add the cranberries and vanilla and stir until evenly combined, then put the batter into the prepared tin.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes (depending on your oven), but test with a cake tester or skewer to make sure the cranberry cake is done before removing from the oven. Allow to cool for about 15 minutes, then remove the side of the springform pan.
• While the cake is cooling (before taking it out of the pan) put the sugar and orange juice for the glaze into a small pot. Bring to a boil then simmer for about 6 or 7 minutes or until starts to become a sticky glaze.
• (Decorative Cranberries - if you want to decorate the top with a few glazed and sugared cranberries, it's easy! Before putting the glaze on the cake, drop a few berries into the pot to cover with glaze, and remove immediately. Place the cranberries on a silicone sheet or flat plate to set. If you want sugared cranberries, simply roll them in sugar after dipping in the glaze.)
• Pour and brush the glaze over the top of the cake while it is still warm. I place a plate under the cooling rack to catch any drips
• When cool, place on a cake stand or serving plate and decorate as desired. I used glazed and sugared cranberries with 3 orange leaves.

EASY CRANBERRY AND ORANGE CARROT CAKE WITH A SIMPLE ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325 F or 170 C. Grease and line a 9 inch / 1 lb loaf pan, or a 9 inch Bundt pan (if making muffins, you will need 12 muffin liners and preheat oven to 400 F or 200 C) 2. Melt the butter in the microwave. 3. Peel and grate the carrots. (use the fine grate holes) 4. Add the carrots, sugar and butter in a bowl. 5. Sift in the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and baking powder. 6. In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs then add to the mixture together with the milk. 7. Break up the walnuts and add those together with the cranberries, orange juice and orange zest to the mixture. 8. Combine everything then add to the baking pan. 9. Bake for approximately 1 hour 10 minutes if using a loaf pan. For bundt pans, check after 50 minutes. Test with a skewer in the middle of the cake if it comes out clean. Tip: if your cake needs a little more time baking, cover the top with foil to avoid over browning. For muffins, bake for about 20 minutes. 10. To make the glaze, add all the ingredients to a cup and mix well until the sugar has dissolved. Then drizzle all over the cake. For best results, do this whilst the cake is still warm. 11. Allow to cool before slicing.

CRANBERRY ORANGE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350F degrees. In a medium bowl add the first 3 (cake) ingredients (dry ingredients) to combine. Set aside. In a large bowl add the eggs, carrots, maple syrup, yogurt, vanilla extract, orange zest and orange juice and mix until well combined. Add the flour mix into the liquids and mix well. Fold in the cranberries. Pour batter onto a greased loaf pan and bake for 30 minutes.
• Heat the water and 1 cup of sugar, until the sugar has completely dissolved (don't let it boil). Remove from heat and let it cool off almost completely. When cooled, add in the cranberries and let it bathe in this sugar syrup water for 5 minutes. Pour the remaining 1 cup of sugar onto a flat bowl or any flat container with sides. Using a slotted spoon, remove the cranberries from sugar syrup and place it in the sugar bowl. Shake the sugar bowl to coat the cranberries equally with sugar. Remove the cranberries from the sugar bowl and set aside (in the refrigerator, preferably)
• In low heat, dissolve the powdered sugar with 1 tbsp water, mixing with a rubber spatula to keep the consistency creamy. Add the orange zest and mix. Let it cool off for 1-2 minutes.
• Once the cake is done baking and cooled off, pour the orange glaze over it, letting the glaze drip down the sides. Set aside for 1-2 minutes. Add the sparkling cranberries and orange slices for a complete and delightful look.

CRANBERRY ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with baking spray.
• Combine flour, sugar, oil, eggs, orange juice, baking powder, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl using an electric mixer until thoroughly incorporated. Stir in cranberries and orange zest. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Remove from the oven and turn cake out onto a cooling rack; let cool for 1 hour.

CRANBERRY ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F and lightly spray a 9x9 inch baking pan. I like to line mine with a 2 sheets of parchment paper with long ends, so I can lift it out later for easy slicing.
• First make the orange sugar. Put the sugar and orange zest in a food processor and process until the zest is completely incorporated. The sugar will be pale orange and moist.
• Cream the orange sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary. I use my stand mixer, but you can use electric beaters if you like.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla, followed by the baking powder and salt, and keep scraping that bowl.
• Lower your mixer speed and blend in 1/2 the flour, just until it's almost all blended, then add the buttermilk, and finally the rest of the flour. Just blend until the flour is incorporated, and then stop.
• Gently fold in the cranberries, making sure to get them evenly distributed.
• Spread the batter (it will be quite thick) evenly into your pan.
• Sprinkle the sparkling sugar over the surface of the cake and then bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until risen, golden, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out without wet batter on it. Try not to over bake the cake, and check on the early side, especially if your oven runs hot.
• Let cool for 15-20 minutes in the pan, then, if you used parchment, you can remove the cake to cool completely, or slice while still slightly warm.
• Store the leftover cake in the pan on the counter covered with foil.

ORANGE CARROT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease 10-cup classic or fancy bundt or tube pan; dust with flour. Set aside.
• In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy; beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Beat in orange rind and vanilla.
• In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir into butter mixture alternatively with sour cream, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of sour cream. Fold in carrots. Scrape into prepared pan; tap pan on counter and smooth top.
• Bake in centre of 325F oven until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan to rack; let cool completely.
• Glaze: in small bowl, mix icing sugar with orange juice until smooth; brush over cake.
• Garnish with chocolate curls and candied orange rind.