This Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake is perfect for all your holiday brunches! Made with fresh orange, cranberries and a delicious spiced crumble topping!
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Happy Friday friends! I’m so excited to be sharing this Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake with you today – it’s one of my favourite recipes to make for the holidays because it’s got all those traditional holiday flavours: cinnamon and spice, tart cranberries, and sweet orange. Every time I make this Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake my kitchen (and my whole house, actually) smells AMAZING! Give me a cup of Healthier Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate and a slice of this Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake and I’m in holiday heaven. It’s the perfect recipe to make for a holiday brunch (because who doesn’t love cake for breakfast, am I right??!) or for those holiday visitors stopping by for a cup of coffee or tea.
Coffee Cake Recipe for Holiday Brunch
Which brings me to the question, does your family do cake for breakfast during the holidays? I remember growing up always having my aunt’s version of this coffee cake for our Christmas morning breakfast, along with the best savoury breakfast casserole, fresh juice, and fruit salad. But what’s your stance on cake for breakfast during the holidays? I’d love to know what your family does!
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I hope you love this cake as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite dessert/brunch recipe for the holidays? I’d love to know!
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Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake
Recipe: Ingredients
For the cake:
- 1 cup low fat Ricotta cheese
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- zest of one orange
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For the cinnamon swirl:
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
For the streusel topping:
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
Recipe: Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large bowl combine the ricotta, sugar, eggs, orange juice and zest, vanilla, and melted butter with a wire whisk until well combined.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix with a rubber spatula just until combined.
- Prepare a 9-inch spring form pan, greasing it well.
- Spoon half the batter into the bottom of the pan (the batter will be very thick).
- Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkle the mixture over the amount of batter in the bottom of the pan.
- Spoon the second half of the batter over the cinnamon sugar layer and smooth out the top as much as possible.
- Add the cranberries to the top of the batter in an even layer.
- Combine the streusel topping ingredients in a small bowl until the mixture reaches the texture of coarse crumbs.
- Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the top of the cranberries.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before releasing the spring form pan and slicing to serve.
Recipe: Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
Can you use frozen cranberries?
Yes!
Can I use sour cream instead of ricotta cheese?
I wouldn’t make that substitution…Ricotta lends more structure and makes the cake more moist than sour cream would.
I’m loving this orange/cranberry flavor combo!
Thanks! We are too 😉
I decided to make this recipe, but I’ve changed the flavors. Instead of orange-cranberry, I’ve used lemon blueberry and coconut. So the cinnamon mixture I’ve changed for lemon rind, shredded coconut, and brown sugar. Blueberries instead of Cranberries. And I’ve added lemon rind to the cake mixture. It turned just AMAZING!!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! Great idea for a flavour combo!
I absolutely LOVE coffee cake. Cranberry and Orange go great together so I know I’d love this.
That’s great! Hope you give it a try!
This cake is ALMOST too stunning to eat…looks too delicious NOT to eat!
Thanks!!
This cake is pure perfection!
Thanks so much!
Love all the flavors in this coffee cake recipe! Looks SO delicious!
Thanks so much!
I am in heaven! This cake looks so festive and tasty!
Thanks!Hope you give it a try! 🙂
Such a great flavor combo and that cake looks perfect!
Thank you! 🙂
This sounds delicious and perfect for the holiday season. I have pinned this one. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy it!