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Cranberry Orange Pound Cake

Cranberry Orange Pound Cake is made with fresh cranberries and topped with an orange juice glaze. So good you'll want to make it a holiday tradition.
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Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp orange zest
  • 3 Nature's Yoke eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 2 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

ORANGE GLAZE

  • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp orange juice
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and orange zest together.
  • Add eggs, one at a time and beat one minute per egg.
  • In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients together.
  • Mix buttermilk and vanilla together. Add dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk mixture to batter. Fold in cranberries.
  • Grease and flour (important) 2 large bread pans.
  • Pour batter in pans and bake for 55-60 minutes.
  • Whisk glaze ingredients together until smooth. Let loaves cool before glazing.