Buttery Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake with Dried Cranberries
This cranberry orange Bundt cake is buttery, moist, and full of bright citrus flavor from fresh orange zest and juice. Dried cranberries add little bursts of tart flavor in every slice without weighing down the batter. Finished with a simple orange glaze that drizzles into the grooves, it’s an easy cake that looks impressive but couldn’t be simpler to make.
Servings 16
Calories 459kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 6 eggs room temp
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ tablespoons baking powder
- 1 cup sour cream room temp
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons orange zest
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 2 cups dried cranberries
Orange Glaze
- 1 tablespoon butter softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons cream
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350º. Butter and flour a bundt pan.
- Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of orange zest and mix well to combine. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each. Add the sour cream, vanilla, and orange juice and mix until well combined.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder and add to the butter mixture. Mixing just until combined. Mix in the cranberries.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan and smooth the surface with an offset spatula. Bake until a toothpick comes out mostly clean, with just a few crumbs, 53-55 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and let rest for 10 minutes. Invert the cake onto a wire rack and allow to cool at room temperature before frosting.
Glaze:
- In a medium bowl combine butter and powdered sugar and beat with a hand mixer until smooth. Add 1 tablespoon of orange zest and mix well. Add cream, orange juice, vanilla and salt and beat until it is smooth and creamy. Drizzle over the cooled cake.
Notes
- Make sure you grease the bundt pan very well.
- Don't over mix the batter.
