Cranberry Orange Loaf

Name: Cranberry Orange Loaf
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2 loaf pans
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups flour; 1 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 1/2 cups dates (diced); 1 cup walnuts (chopped); 2 cups cranberries; 2 to taste x oranges, zest of; 2 eggs (beaten); 3/4 cup canola oil; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 cup orange juice; 1 cup sugar

Submitted by Gingerbee

"This is a wonderful sweet and tangy holiday cake that can be made weeks in advance. The longer it rests the flavors develop and they're a great treat to give as a gift."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 2 loaf pans

ingredients

Bowl 1 Batter
2 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ¹⁄₂ cups dates (diced)
1 cup walnuts (chopped)
2 cups cranberries
2 to taste x oranges, zest of
Bowl 2
2 eggs (beaten)
³⁄₄ cup canola oil
1 cup buttermilk
Bowl 3 Glaze
1 cup orange juice
1 cup sugar

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Bowl#1~ sift flour, sugar, BP, dates, nuts, cranberries and zest of 2 oranges; set aside.
Bowl#2~ In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, oil and buttermilk and add to dry ingredients in bowl#1.
Pour into 2, well-greased loaf pans 7-1/2" x 3".
Bake for 35 minutes or until cake-tester comes out clean.
Cool.
Mix orange juice and sugar and pour over cooled cake.
These cakes keep very well in the refrigerator for 2 weeks wrapped in plastic wrap and turned upside down and right-side up to distribute the moisture evenly throughout.

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Reviews

This sounds great on paper, and the flavor is good, but there were problems with the recipe. This really didn't rise at all, and I know my baking power was fresh. The bigger problem was the glaze. Does it need to be cooked into a syrup? Seemed weird to just mix a cup of orange juice with a cup of sugar. When I poured it over the cooled cake it just ran right off into a puddle on the plate.

Gay Gilmore

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Gingerbee

United States

I'm a "newbee" to this site, but not to cooking. I love great food and to share recipes and this site is great! I don't know where the information of a "fry cook" came from, but I would consider myself anything else but that :) A NYC girl originally, lived in London and Canada where I am now. Met lots of interesting people along life's way who taught me a great deal and enriched my life with their knowledge of cooking. With my children now adults, the family has doubled in size and my commitment to making memories to pass down to another generation inspires me to cooking. I find cooking a creative expression of one's personality and never tire of new challenges in the kitchen.

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