Orange Cranberry Date Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Mix together the orange zest and juice, orange liqueur and eggs in a large bowl and set aside. In a smaller bowl, toss the cranberries with 1 tablespoon of the flour and set aside.
• In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, add the sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda and remaining 2 1/2 cups flour and mix to combine. On low speed, slowly add the butter 1 tablespoon at a time and continue to mix until a pea-sized crumble texture is achieved. Turn the speed to medium and slowly stream in the egg/orange mixture until combined. Increase the speed to medium high and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Gently fold in the cranberry mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and smooth out the top.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted in the cake comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 20 to 30 minutes, then remove the cake and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter just the sides of a 9-inch round cake pan.
• For the caramel topping: Stir the sugar and 1/3 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Stop stirring, and gently swirl the saucepan occasionally until the mixture is the color of light amber, 6 to 8 minutes. If needed, brush any sugar crystals off the side of the saucepan with a wet pastry brush. Remove the saucepan from the heat, and carefully whisk in the butter (take care: the mixture can bubble up considerably). Pour the caramel into the prepared cake pan, tilting the pan to cover most of the bottom (be careful: the pan will be very hot from the caramel). Scatter the cranberries over the caramel.
• For the cake: Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cloves in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition and scraping down the side of the bowl as needed, then beat in the vanilla and orange zest. Whisk together the milk and sour cream in a small bowl. Reduce the mixer speed to low, and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the milk-sour cream mixture, mixing until just incorporated.
• Pour the batter over the cranberries in the cake pan, and spread evenly. Bake until the cake is golden brown and bounces back when pressed and a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean when inserted in the center, 50 to 60 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake to separate it from the pan. Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack until just cool enough to handle, 20 to 30 minutes. Invert a serving platter over the cake pan and, while holding them together, quickly flip them over so the cake unmolds, cranberry-side up. Let cool completely. Cut into wedges, and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together 1 cup of white sugar, 1/3 cup of orange juice, eggs, buttermilk, cranberry liqueur, and vegetable oil using an electric mixer. Add the dry ingredients and mix just until moistened. Fold in the chopped dates, cranberries and orange zest. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the crown of the cake comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan set over a wire rack for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the pan and place on a serving plate. In a small saucepan, stir together 1 cup of orange juice and 3/4 cup of white sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Use a turkey baster or large spoon to drizzle the sauce over the cake. Poke the cake with a fork or skewer to help it absorb all of the sauce, or until the cake is thoroughly moistened.

Steps:

• Simmer water, sugar, zest, juice, vinegar, and cinnamon stick in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring, 3 minutes. Add half of dates and half of cranberries and simmer, stirring occasionally, until cranberries begin to burst, about 7 minutes. Stir in remaining dates and cranberries and simmer until remaining cranberries begin to burst, about 7 minutes more. Serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, beat together pumpkin, eggs, oil, vanilla, sugars, orange zest and grated ginger. Be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk dry ingredients together. Beat into wet mixture until well combined. Be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Stir in cranberries, dates, and pecans, if desired.
• Pour into greased loaf pan and bake for 60-70 minutes, until tests clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then loosen edges with a butter knife and turn out onto a cooling rack.
• To serve: Dust cooled cake with powdered sugar or frost with frosting or drizzle with icing.
• Optional Frosting: Cream neufchatel and butter together. Beat in vanilla, orange zest and nutmeg. Beat in confectioner's sugar until right consistency is reached. Add orange juice if it becomes too thick. Frost cake with frosting and sprinkle pecans over the frosting, if desired. You can also cut the loaf in half and frost in between layers.
• Optional Icing: In a 1-2 cup pyrex, melt butter and white chocolate chips in the microwave for 60 seconds. Stir until smooth with a fork. Stir in nutmeg and orange zest. Stir in milk and confectioner's sugar until smooth. Drizzle over cake.
• Wrap cooled loaf with plastic wrap or foil and store at room temperature or refrigerate. Refrigerate if frosted or iced.
• To freeze: Wrap cooled loaf tightly with plastic wrap or foil and place in a Ziploc bag and freeze it for gift giving at a later date. If you frost or ice it, you can put it on a cookie sheet and freeze it until firm, then wrap it and place in a Ziploc bag.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F, with rack in center of oven.
• Spray 8" cake pan with non-stick spray.
• Put cranberries in a sieve which is set over a medium sized bowl.
• Spoon the cake flour over cranberries and sieve the flour into the bowl below. Set cranberries aside.
• Add cornmeal, baking powder and orange zest to flour; mix.
• In stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy - about 3 minute.
• Add vanilla and yolks and eggs, one at a time.
• Turn speed down to low and add orange juice.
• Turn off mixer and fold in cranberries, just until incorporated.
• Turn batter into cake pan, smooth top of batter and bake until golden brown about 30-35 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack for about an hour.
• Turn cake onto cake plate and sieve the powdered sugar over the top of the cake to serve.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare bundt or tube pan with a light coat of cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with and electric mixer. Add sugar blend (or sugar) and beat until pale, light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition for a total of two or three minutes. (Mine did not get very fluffy until the eggs were incorporated.) If you like a lot of orange flavor, mix in the orange extract at this point.
• Mix together the yogurt and water or orange juice if using the Splenda Blend.
• Alternately add the yogurt and flour to the butter in thirds, mixing after each addition.
• Add in the cranberries, folding in to distribute throughout the batter.
• Pour batter into the prepare tube pan and bake for 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes until turning onto cake rack or plate.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, combine cranberries and dates. Cover and cook over low heat until berries pop, 15 minutes, stirring often. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla; set aside., In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Stir in butter until crumbly. Press half into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake 8 minutes. Spoon cranberry mixture over the crust; spread gently. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture; pat down gently., Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over bars.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Spray one large bundt pan with baking spray and set aside.
• Make filling: Combine cranberries, sugar, water, almond extract, and orange juice in a small saucepan. (Set aside 12 cranberries so that they remain whole.) Bring to a medium boil and cook, stirring constantly, until the cranberries begin to pop. When mixture thickens, remove from heat. Cool mixture to room temperature.
• Make cake: Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• Beat the butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl.
• Add sugar and beat until smooth.
• Add eggs and almond extract; beat until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).
• Add dry ingredients and beat until smooth.
• Add sour cream and orange zest. Mix well.
• Pour half of the batter into the bundt pan. Spoon 2/3 of the filling into the batter, taking care not to let the filling touch the sides of pan. Spoon the remaining batter on top.
• Bake 55-60 minutes, or until it passes the toothpick test.
• Cool cake in pan exactly ten minutes, then remove by inverting it on to a serving plate.
• Prepare glaze: combine orange and lemon juice, and sugar, in a small saucepan. Simmer over medium heat until mixture thickens. Remove from heat.
• While the cake is still warm, gently brush on the glaze. When the cake is cool, spoon the remaining filling over the top of the cake and stud with the remaining whole cranberries.

Steps:

• Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray and sprinkle with flour; set aside., In a large bowl, beat the sugar, buttermilk, applesauce, oil and eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in the walnuts, cranberries, dates and orange zest., Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a 13x9-in. baking pan with cooking spray., In a large bowl, beat brown sugar, melted butter, egg substitute, applesauce, 1 teaspoon orange zest and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into brown sugar mixture. Stir in cranberries and baking chips., Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack., In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until blended. Beat in remaining orange zest. Spread over cake. Sprinkle with pecans. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; combine 1 cup with dates and walnuts. Set both mixtures aside. , In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add orange zest. Add reserved flour and date mixtures. Stir in buttermilk just until blended. , Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 300° for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , For syrup, in a small saucepan, heat orange juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Let stand for 30 minutes. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Cool 10 minutes more before pouring syrup over cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 inch square pan.
• Make the struesel topping by combining the brown sugar, flour, nuts and butter together with a fork until crumbly. Set aside.
• Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Add the melted butter, orange juice, boiling water and egg. Stir with a wooden spoon until combined.
• Fold in the cranberries.
• Pour into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle struesel over the cake batter.
• Bake for about 45 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• The cake may be frozen and reheated at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes.