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christmas cranberry orange coffee cake

Christmas Morning Orange Cranberry Coffee Cake

5 from 12 votes
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Spiced Crumb Topping
  • 3/4 cup pecans and/or walnuts
  • 8 tbsp butter, melted
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup cane sugar
  • 1 1/3 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom
  • 1/2 tsp `cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
Orange Glaze
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp butter, melted
  • 1 tsp orange juice
  • 1 tsp orange zest, finely grated
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Orange Cranberry Coffee Cake
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 4 tbsp butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp canola oil
  • 2 tsp orange zest
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup whole cranberries

Method
 

Spiced Crumb Topping
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake pecans for 5 minutes and remove from the oven. Let cool and then coarsely chop. Set aside.
  2. Over medium-high heat, melt butter in a saucepan and cook until it starts to brow. Whisk in the sugars, cooking for an additional 1-2 minutes until smooth.
  3. Remove from heat and add in flour, cardamom, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Stir until mixed through and clumps form. Set aside.
Orange Glaze
  1. Whisk powdered sugar, butter, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla until combined. Refrigerate.
Orange Cranberry Coffee Cake
  1. Butter a 9x9 pan. In a large bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk butter, milk, canola oil, orange zest, vanilla, and egg for 2-3 minutes. Pour into the large bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until incorporated. Fold in the cranberries.
  3. Pour the batter into the greased baking dish. Sprinkle the spiced crumb topping over the cake to form a thick a crumb layer. If desired, place a few cranberries into the crumb.
  4. Bake until the topping is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Once cool, drizzle with the glaze and serve!