Cranberry Coffee Cake
Submitted by: Juanita C.
My favorite part of this cake is the pop of the cranberries. Well, that and the streusel. What’s better than streusel?
Ingredients:
For the Cake
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
Zest from 1 orange
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup fresh cranberries
For the Streusel Topping
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
4 Tbs. unsalted butter
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 and grease an 8X8 baking pan and set aside.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In
another bowl, combine the granulated sugar and the orange zest. Rub the
sugar and zest together with your fingers until the sugar is tinged
orange and is fragrant.
Add the butter to the sugar and mix
using a hand mixer until mixture is light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs,
one at a time. Add the sour cream and vanilla to the mixture and mix
until everything is well-combined.
Working in small batches, add
the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just-combined.
Fold in the cranberries by hand so you don't burst them.
To make
the streusel, whisk the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a
bowl. Cut the butter into the flour mixture using a fork, until the
texture resembles course sand and is well mixed.
Pour half of
the cake batter into the prepared pan. Top with about half of the
streusel mixture, making sure you have enough left for the topping.
Spoon the remaining batter over the streusel topping in your pan, and
then top with the remaining streusel.
Bake for approximately 45-55 minutes or until cake turns light brown in color, and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Cool to room temperature before cutting and serving.
