Tis the season for cranberry and orange, right? For some reason, these two fruits are synonymous with the holiday season. The main reason I love this cake…it can also be a breakfast (yes, I have been known to eat chocolate cake for breakfast but a yellow cake with fruit in it…that’s nothing to be ashamed of!). Tart and flavorful, this cake will be the perfect accompaniment to any holiday gathering…from brunch to dinner, this cake has you covered.
**Before you start baking, make sure you zest your orange before you slice it and squeeze the juice out**
Shopping List
1 box of yellow cake mix
2 small boxes of instant vanilla pudding
1/2 cup of veggie oil
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup fresh orange juice, plus more for glaze
4 eggs
3 tablespoons orange zest, divided
1 cup fresh cranberries
2 cups powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease (I use Pam) a 10 inch bundt pan
In mixing bowl, combine cake mix, puddings, oil, water, orange juice and eggs with electric mixer. Stir in 2 tablespoons of zest and cranberries. Pour into prepared pan and bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let cake rest on counter in pan 10 minutes. Then, invert cake onto serving plate to finish cooling.
To make the glaze, combine powdered sugar with a tablespoon or two of fresh orange juice and remaining tablespoon of zest. (Add more powdered sugar if your glaze is too runny or more juice if it’s too thick.) Spoon over cooled cake.
You can use frozen cranberries in this instead of fresh but during the Christmas season, fresh are so abundant that I would just stick to them.
You should eat this cake for breakfast while watching A Christmas Story. For some reason, I always find myself in my pjs watching that movie.
2 more weeks until Christmas!
Sheaffer {Pinterest Told Me To} says
This looks DELISH!!!!!!
Alice says
I made this cake for 4 different events over the Christmas holiday and it was a hit everywhere I took it!! I loved this cake so much that I also would eat it for breakfast!!!
Anonymous says
Made it today and it was a huge hit !! Everyone absolutely loved it !!
Mandy says
This is on our Christmas menu!
Ann says
Hi Shay, I know this is an older recipe, but I hope you are still reading comments.
I would like to give this as Christmas gifts. Could it stay in the bundt pan? I found some cute mini pans at Michaels. How much less should I bake it? (sorry about the bad grammar LOL)
Annie
Caroline says
What would you think about adding white chocolate chips to this recipe? Anything I should do differently, or just stir them in? Thanks!
Mix and Match Mama says
That would be delish! Keep everything else the same!