Way, way back, my blog began as a place to store old family favorite recipes. It still is where I post all of the recipes we enjoyed through the years. And, as time passes, new dishes are added to the files. I pretty much cook and bake from our site, usually viewing the page from my cell phone propped up on the counter.
Orange Cake with Dried Cranberries
16 Servings
Cake:
- Vegetable oil spray for misting the pan and flour for dusting it
- 1 package (18.5 ounces) yellow cake mix with pudding
- 1 cup fresh orange juice (either from about 5 medium oranges or from a carton)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup dried cranberries
Glaze:
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated orange zest
DIRECTIONS:
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Lightly mist a 12-cup Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray and then dust with flour. Shake out excess flour. Set pan aside.
Place the cake mix, orange juice, oil, sugar, vanilla, and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for about 1 minute. Stop the machine; scrape down the sides of the bowl. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes more. The batter should look thick and well-blended. Stir in the dried cranberries, if using and pour the batter into the prepared pan. Place it in the oven.
Bake the cake until it is golden brown and just starts to pull away from the side of the pan – about 45-47 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool about 20 minutes. Run a long, sharp knife around the edge of the cake and invert it onto a rack to cool complete – at least 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Combine the confectioners’ sugar, fresh orange juice, and orange zest in a small bowl and stir until smooth.
Pour the glaze over the top, letting it drizzle down the sides and into the center. Let the glaze set for a few minutes before slicing.
(I served this cake to a group of people, some of whom have health issues with seeds and things. Instead of adding the dried cranberries to all of the batter, I poured all of the batter into the Bundt pan and then stirred 1/2 cup dried cranberries into one side. The dried cranberries would have been more evenly distributed if I added them to the batter before pouring into pan)
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one of the prettiest cakes I have seen! How lovely.
to Ann who has never used craisins. Try making rice crispie treats following the box recipe and then stir in a cup of craisins and a cup of white chocolate chips. They treats taste and look wonderful!
Love the orange cake…got to try the recipe.
Leah
LDL, this looks so delicious!, and like I always say you post some of the best recipes.
Thank you for sharing.
Sue
Oh it looks wonderful. I can't believe that you don't weight 500 pounds with all the baking you do!;>) xxoo Diana
That cake sounds delicious and it would be wonderful to take it to share with my ladies at Bible study. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
God bless you – Julie
Ooh, Yum. This one sounds like a keeper for sure. I think I'll give it a try this Sunday!
Your cake looks delicious, what a great sounding recipe and that picture is just amazing.
Oh my I don't know how you do it but every dessert looks better than the last….where o where do you find these fabulous recipes? this looks very yummy ~Love Heather
oh my that does look delicious. I've seen craisins on the shelf in the stores but I've never tried them.
This looks great…I love, love pound cake and have a post ready to share on a blueberry pound cake..now I must print this off and put it in my blogging cookbook notebook.
Your orange cake looks delicious and I think we will try your recipe. (thank you for sharing it) We just took a yellow cake out of the oven. Yesterday the restaurant we ate at had lemon cake that was SO good. They baked it in two layer pans and said they sprinkled lemon juice and powdered sugar between the layers. As I'm typing this I realized I baked a yellow cake, not a lemon! What a dunce I am sometimes.
Oh that looks very moist and creamy…I actually looked through all your recipes to find a good cookie recipe that packs well. I want to bake cookies for my son's teachers and put them in a cellaphane gift bag. Any ideas?
Oh, this looks delicious!