Cranberry-white Chocolate Pound Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
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Cake
- 1 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 cups cranberries
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
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Orange Glaze
- 1⁄2 cup white chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- orange slices or cranberries (to garnish)
directions
- To make the cake, grease and flour a 9" tube pan; set aside.
- In a large bowl and with an electric mixer, cream the butter and cream cheese until light.
- Add the brown and granulated sugars, orange rind and vanilla.
- Continue beating until fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- In a medium bowl, sift the flour and baking powder.
- Add to the creamed mixture, stirring until well combined.
- Stir in the cranberries and white chocolate chips.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in a 350 degree F oven about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack.
- To make the glaze, melt the white chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler over hot, not boiling, water.
- Stir in the orange juice.
- Unmold the cooled cake.
- Spoon the glaze over the top; let cool.
- Garnish the top of the cake with orange slices, or fill the centre with cranberries.
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Reviews
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This is a lovely rich (very rich)pound cake perfect for the holiday season. I jigged it a bit as I wanted a more pronounced orange flavour. I added extra 2 tsp. of orange rind and 1/4 tsp. orange extract. I also made 4 mini loaves instead of 1 large one as we are a household of 2. The smaller loaves also make great holiday hostess gifts. Watch your cooking time and temperature if you make smaller loaves. I cut the temperature by 25 degrees and the cooking time was a bit less. Nice recipe Irmgard!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Irmgard
Canada
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