Baking.

[nwhiker]

I'm making one of my favourite cakes this evening. Perry is down with two other guys from the crew team, they have a regatta tomorrow. I'm making a cake. But I'm changing it from loaf to Bundt pan. I fucking hope this works.

Dinner is going to be a chicken pot pie from Costco. I had delusions about cooking, but Perry warned me that both kids coming are picky, and prefer their food very bland... One of them is his roommate.


Anyhow, just because....

Cranberry Orange Pound Cake

This Cranberry Orange Pound Cake is so moist and is perfect for the winter and holiday season!

Ingredients
• 1 cup butter
• 1¾ cups sugar
• 2 Tablespoons orange zest
• 3 eggs
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup buttermilk
• 2½ cups fresh cranberries
• 2½ cups flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt


ORANGE GLAZE
• 1½ cup powdered sugar
• 1 Tablespoon orange juice
• 1 Tablespoon orange zest
• 1 Tablespoon milk
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla


Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and orange zest together for 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Add eggs one at a time and beat an addition minute per egg.
4. Add vanilla and mix in.
5. In a separate large bowl, mix and combine dry ingredients together.
6. Add dry ingredients alternatively with the buttermilk to the butter/sugar/orange zest/egg mixture. Fold in cranberries.
7. Grease and flour either 2 large bread pans or 3 small bread pans.
8. Pour batter and bake at 350 degrees F for 55 to 60 min.
9. Let loaves cool and pour glaze over them.


ORANGE GLAZE
1. Whisk glaze ingredients together until smooth.

Notes: 1h10min in Bundt pan. Did not come out clean after 10 minutes cooling.

I usually don't bother with the glaze, nobody in my family is overly fond of glazes and they're messy.

I freeze cranberries in 2.5 cup batches for this one. I love cranberries, they're so tart and so bright!

ETA: didn't quite come out of the pan clean, but it seems to have cooked fine. I'll try again, letting it cool for a bit longer.