{"id":7828,"date":"2026-09-25T20:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7828"},"modified":"2026-09-25T20:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:02:55","slug":"cranberry-orange-loaf-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/cranberry-orange-loaf-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry Orange Loaf Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cranberry Orange Loaf Cake<\/h1>\n<p>This moist and tender cranberry orange loaf is packed with tart dried cranberries and bright orange flavor, then finished with a creamy orange glaze and extra cranberries on top.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<h3>For the Cake<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>\u00be cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup fresh orange juice<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup dried cranberries<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, for coating the cranberries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For the Orange Glaze<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1\u00bd cups powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>2\u20133 tablespoons fresh orange juice<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon orange zest<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon melted butter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For Topping<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bc cup dried cranberries<\/li>\n<li>A little extra orange zest, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to <strong>350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C)<\/strong>. Grease and line a 9\u00d75-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Toss the dried cranberries with 2 tablespoons of flour. This helps prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cake.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2\u20133 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla and orange zest.<\/li>\n<li>Mix in the orange juice and sour cream.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually add the dry ingredients, mixing just until combined. Do not overmix.<\/li>\n<li>Gently fold in the floured cranberries.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>50\u201360 minutes<\/strong>, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.<\/li>\n<li>Let the loaf cool in the pan for about 10\u201315 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack and cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Make the Glaze<\/h3>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li>Whisk the powdered sugar, orange juice, orange zest, and melted butter until smooth and thick but pourable.<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle the glaze generously over the cooled loaf.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle the remaining dried cranberries over the glaze. Let the glaze set before slicing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> For an even stronger orange flavor, add a little extra orange zest to the batter. The loaf is especially delicious the next day once the orange and cranberry flavors have fully developed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cranberry Orange Loaf Cake This moist and tender cranberry orange loaf is packed with tart dried cranberries and bright orange&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7831,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828\/revisions\/7831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}