Festive Cranberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipes

CRANBERRY CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan.
• With an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until combined.
• Add the sugar, then turn the mixer to med-high and cream for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs, one at a time.
• Add lemon juice and zest, almond extract, and vanilla and mix well. Stir in salt.
• Add the cake flour in two batches.
• Fold in the cranberries.
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 60-70 minutes, until the cake has browned and a skewer inserted in the center comes out with only moist crumbs attached.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a rack and cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two medium sized loaf pans (about 8x5x2.5 each), and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together butter, cream cheese, and sugar until creamy. When mixer is light in color and fluffy, add the zest. Set mixer to low and add in eggs, one at a time, incorporating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just incorporated. Fold in cranberries. Divide batter evenly between your loaf pans. Place on a baking sheet, and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven. Place cakes on a wire rack to cool. After about 5 minutes, lay cakes on their sides, and allow to cool for another 5 minutes. Flip cakes onto their other sides and cool for another 5 minutes. Remove cakes from pans, and let cool on the wire rack. Drizzle with orange glaze while the cake is still warm. Serve warm or at room temperature. Orange Glaze: Whisk confectioners sugar, butter, orange zest and orange juice together in a small bowl. Add more juice or sugar to achieve the desired consistency.

FESTIVE CRANBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; beat well. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in cranberries, dates and pecans. Spread in a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 60-70 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, for glaze, heat orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan until sugar dissolves. Invert cake onto a serving plate. With a toothpick, punch holes in cake. Spoon glaze over cake. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. If desired, top with sugared cranberries and rosemary.

FESTIVE CRANBERRY CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• yield: 16 SERVING prep time: 10 MINUTES cook time: 1 HOUR total time: 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan. With an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until combined. Add the sugar, then turn the mixer to med-high and cream for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs, one at a time. Add lemon juice and zest, almond extract, and vanilla and mix well. Stir in salt. Add the cake flour in two batches. Fold in the cranberries. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 60-70 minutes, until the cake has browned and a skewer inserted in the center comes out with only moist crumbs attached. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a rack and cool completely.