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Cranberry Sour Cream Bundt Cake

Glazed cranberry sour cream Bundt cake, sitting on a gold cake stand with candles and cranberries scattered throughout the foreground.

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This holiday season, this cranberry sour cream Bundt cake with a sweet orange glaze will be a hit at Christmas brunch and other special gatherings.

Ingredients

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Cake

  • 3 cups (360 grams) all-purpose flour 
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup (220 gram) canola oil 
  • 1 ½ cups (320 gram) granulated sugar 
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature 
  • 4 teaspoons vanilla extract 
  •  ⅔ cup (160 gram) of sour cream, room temperature
  • Zest from half a navel orange
  • Juice from half a navel orange
  • 2 cups (200 grams) fresh cranberries
  • Optional: 1-2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon or other related spices of your choice

Glaze

  • ¾ cup (170 grams) of sour cream
  • 4 teaspoons fresh squeezed orange juice 
  • ¾ cup (100 gram) powdered sugar 

Instructions

For the Cranberry Sour Cream Bundt Cake

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
  2. Generously butter and flour your 10-cup Bundt cake pan or use a spray like Baker’s Joy or homemade equivalent to prevent sticking.
  3. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and soda, salt, and cinnamon or related spice for a seasonal feel. Set aside. 
  4. In a larger mixing bowl, use clean hands to rub zest and sugar together for about a minute. 
  5. Add oil, orange juice, and vanilla extract to your bowl of sugar and zest. With a whisk, combine everything until well-incorporated, about 2 minutes.
  6. Scrape down your bowl of wet ingredients and add your eggs, one at a time (mixing in between), followed by your sour cream.
  7. Add half of your dry ingredients to the bowl of wet, gently mixing together with your whisk for about 30 seconds. Add the remaining half and mix again until incorporated.
  8. Use a spatula to fold in your cranberries.
  9. Pour batter into pan and gently tap pan on towel-covered counter to remove air bubbles. 
  10. Bake for 55-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and Bundt is beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool cake in pan for 15 minutes before inverting on a wire rack.

For the Cake's Glaze

  1. Whisk together sour cream, fresh orange juice, and powdered sugar in a medium bowl until smooth. Add more sugar to thicken the glaze and juice to thin it.
  2. Add glaze to a measuring cup to pour over your cooled cranberry orange Bundt cake. 
  3. If desired, top cake with orange slices, fresh cranberries, and/or a dusting of cinnamon.

Notes

  • The cake yields around 12 slices. Note that the nutritional values are approximate and can vary based on specific ingredient brands and measurements.
  • If you notice your cake browning too quickly toward the end of baking, in the last 10 or so minutes, you can open the oven door and cover the top of the cake with foil. This promotes a more even bake with lowered risk of burning.

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