- prep: 15 min
- cook: 0 hr
- total: 15 min
Summary
Orange Cranberry Cake - this vintage cake recipe perfect for the holidays! Made from scratch and loaded with dried cranberries, orange zest, and pecans. Makes a great homemade gift too! Butter, sugar, eggs, flour, buttermilk, baking soda, salt, pecans, dried cranberries, and orange zest. Top the warm cake with a quick orange glaze and cool. Can substitute chopped dates for the cranberries. This cake is seriously DELICIOUS! #cake #cranberry #orange #fruitcake #thanksgiving #christmas
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1-1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1-1/2 cups dried cranberries
- zest of 2 oranges
- 3/4 cup sugar
- juice of 1-1/2 oranges
- 2 Tbsp orange zest
Instructions
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Nutrition

- Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 5228 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 175 g 269.34%
- Saturated Fat: 61 g 302.6%
- Trans Fat: 3 g %
- Cholesterol: 264 mg 87.87%
- Sodium: 5595 mg 233.13%
- Calcium: 630 mg 63.01%
- Potassium: 2176 mg 62.16%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 21 mg 117.17%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 857 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 37 g 149.16%
- Sugar: 539 g
- Protein: 72 g
- Alcohol: 1 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 2 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 27 g
- Vitamin A 95.9%
- Vitamin C 489.75%
- Vitamin D 0.61%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
- Exchange - Fat33
- Exchange - Fruit12
- Exchange - NonFat Milk1
- Exchange - Other Carbs24
- Exchange - Starch19
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
- MyPlate - Grain Total23 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit5 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total9 oz-eq