Cranberry and Orange Crumb Cake

This Cranberry and Orange Crumb Cake recipe makes a moist and delicious cake packed with cranberries and a crunchy cinnamon streusel topping.

A Wonderful Crumb Coffee Cake That’s Perfect for Anything from Brunch to Dessert

Who doesn’t love a good Crumb Cake?  This recipe is an indulgent twist on my Crumb Coffee Cake, a classic coffee cake that the whole family will love.

And what’s not to love? Just look at those layers –  A tender orange cake, that is topped with a luscious cranberry filling and buttery cinnamon crumb topping. It’s heaven on a plate!

This recipe feeds a crowd (using a 9×13 inch pan) making it perfect for holiday brunch, or serve warm with my Easy No Churn Vanilla Bean Ice Cream for a delicious dessert.

How To Choose the Best CranberriesFresh Cranberries should have a deep, red color and look plump and shiny. The fresher the cranberry, the firmer it will be and the brighter the color, the more nutritious it is.

Add the warm melted butter and stir to combine.  The mixture will clump.

How to Make Cranberry and Orange Crumb Cake

In a medium mixing bowl mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Add the cinnamon, nutmeg & ginger.

Mix until combined.  Add melted butter.

Add the orange juice & zest. Mix until combined.  Add the eggs.

Add the cranberries.

Mix until combined.  Transfer cake batter to prepared baking pan; spreading it evenly over the pan.

Top with the cranberry jam by gently smoothing over the surface of the cake (you may have to warm it slightly to make it easily spread).

Hand squeeze small handfuls of crumb topping together to form small clumps. Drop topping clumps evenly over cake batter & cranberry sauce, covering with a thick layer of topping.

Bake 1 hour  or until a tester comes out clean and topping is golden brown and a little crisp

Cool before topping with powdered sugar and serve. 

Enjoy every last bite!

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This scrumptious recipe is a great recipe feeds a crowd over the holidays.  It's perfect for anything from brunch to dessert.

5 from 19 votes

Prep20 minutes minutes

Cook1 hour hour

Total1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

Serves: 18 slices

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2½ cups flour
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ▢ 1½ cups superfine/caster sugar
• ▢ 1 cup butter melted
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 tablespoon orange zest about 2 oranges
• ▢ ¾ cup orange juice about 3 oranges
• ▢ 1 cup cranberry jam or in the UK cranberry sauce will work
• ▢ 1 cup fresh cranberries (or ½ cup dried cranberries, soaked)

Topping:

• ▢ ½ cups brown sugar packed
• ▢ ½ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¾ cups butter melted
• ▢ The zest of 1 orange
• ▢ 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ ¼ cup powdered sugar for dusting

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Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350F/175C Grease 13×9 inch baking pan.

For the topping:

• Mix the flour, both sugars, cinnamon, orange zest and salt in medium mixing bowl. Add the warm melted butter and stir to blend until moist clumps form. Set aside.

For the cake:

• In a medium mixing bowl mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Add the cinnamon, nutmeg & ginger. Mix until combined.
• Add melted butter, the orange juice & zest. Mix until combined.
• Add eggs mixing until well blended. Fold in the cranberries.
• Transfer cake batter to prepared baking pan; spreading it evenly over the pan.
• top with the cranberry jam by gently smoothing over the surface of the cake (you may have to warm it slightly to make it easily spread).
• Hand squeeze small handfuls of crumb topping together to form small clumps. Drop topping clumps evenly over cake batter & cranberry jam, covering with a thick layer of topping.
• Bake 1 hour  or until a tester comes out clean and topping is golden brown and a little crisp
• Cool cake in the pan on a cooling rack at least an hour.  Once cool dust with powdered sugar and cut into squares to serve.

Tips + Notes

• If you can't find cranberry jam, use jarred, whole berry cranberry sauce (not the solid kind in a can).
• If the cranberry jam is quite sweet, you may want to skip the powdered sugar on top.
• Use a 9x13 inch pan that has a cover to keep the cake moist and fresh when storing. Stored well it will stay fresh for up to 3 days.
• Be sure the cake is fully cooled before adding the powdered sugar.  A warm cake may melt the sugar.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 913 (46%)| Carbohydrates: 133g (44%)| Protein: 8g (16%)| Fat: 40g (62%)| Saturated Fat: 24g (150%)| Cholesterol: 156mg (52%)| Sodium: 666mg (29%)| Potassium: 249mg (7%)| Fiber: 2g (8%)| Sugar: 84g (93%)| Vitamin A: 1260IU (25%)| Vitamin C: 1.9mg (2%)| Calcium: 112mg (11%)| Iron: 3.3mg (18%)

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Erren's Kitchen is written and produced for informational intentions only. We are not certified nutritionists, and the nutritional information found on this site has not been assessed or authorized by a nutritionist or the FDA. The nutritional information found in our recipes is offered as an estimate and should not be considered a guarantee or fact. The estimated data is provided as a courtesy and calculated through a third-party online nutritional calculator, spoonacular API. Although we do our best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered rough estimates. Many factors, such as brands or products purchased and the nutritional fluctuations that naturally occur in fresh produce, can alter the effectiveness of the nutritional information in any recipe. Furthermore, various online calculators provide different results depending on their particular algorithms and nutrition fact sources. To obtain the most precise nutritional information in a provided recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the exact ingredients you are using when preparing the recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.

Author:Erren Hart

Course:Dessert

Cuisine:Baking

Keyword:coffee cake recipe, Cranberry and orange cake, Crumb Cake

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Update Notes: This recipe was originally posted in 2014, but was published again in 2018 to include step by step directions, nutritional information, a video, and new photos.