Cranberry Coffee Cake
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This Cranberry Coffee Cake has a brown sugar streusel that’s a crumbly and sweet contrast to the tangy cranberry jam that tops this super moist coffee cake. Made with fresh cranberries, dried cherries and orange, it’s mere minutes to make. A perfect dessert for holiday dinner guests!
Cranberry Coffee Cake
I made this 4 times to get it where I wanted to post and share with you guys. There are always taste testings going on here and some are flops, and others make the cut. I love the cherry and cranberry combination, and with orange, it sets it all off nicely. To counter the tang I added honey and found it a wonderful spread on toast, too. This recipe makes a little more of the cranberry jam that’s needed, so you can test it out yourself. I think it’d be nice with cream cheese and a bagel too come to think of it. 🙂
This coffee cake is light and airy and holds up to the toppings without feeling heavy. Made moist by using eggs and yogurt, I decided the cream cheese route wasn’t going to happen. In one try it was in the cake itself while another attempt had the cream cheese whipped in with the cranberry topping. The baking just wasn’t coming out how I had anticipated so back to the drawing board… and store again.
On the last version of this Cranberry Coffee Cake I opted for a brown sugar streusel instead of using white sugar and I was set.
After it baked and was how I wanted it, on the rack it went to cool.
Just for a little festive look I topped this with fresh cranberries and a dusting of powdered sugar. This is optional of course, but I think it looks pretty. For other breakfast or dessert cakes check out my Lemon Rosemary Cake, Pineapple Cashew Coffee Cake, or my Chocolate Almond Tea Cake. Enjoy!
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Cranberry Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Crancherry Sauce
Cake
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
Crumble Topping
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch spring form pan.
- Crancherry Sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat cook the cranberries, sugar, orange juice and zest until the fruit begins to break down. Stir in cherries and turn to low until reduced to a thick jam like consistency. Set aside to cool.
- Topping: In a small bowl, stir the flour and sugar together to blend. Add the butter and mix until crumbly. Set aside.
- Cake: In a medium bowl or electric mixer, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and baking powder. Add the eggs, yogurt and beat until thoroughly combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Spread 1 cup of the cranberry sauce on top evenly. Cover and refrigerate remaining sauce for other use. Sprinkle the topping over cranberry mixture.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes and remove the from the spring form pan.
Nutrition
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So nice with the cranberry and coffee combination. Matched with an espresso, this is my kind of coffee break!
Agreed, it’s a good one and that streusel gets me every time!
I am a total sucker for cranberry anything. I can see this being a hit in my household, especially the brown sugar streusel. Tasty!
I love this time of year, but I also freeze bags of cranberries so I can have them year round. They are great thrown in with roasted vegetables, too. Great pop of flavor roasted and who could resist streusel? I’m with you. Cheers Matt!
A slice of your coffee cake and a cup of tea would be a great way to start the festivities on Christmas morning.
Sounds like a perfect start to the day to me Karen. Thanks for stopping by!
Dried cherries are always the star of my cranberry sauce. This cake looks absolutely incredible!
Thanks Laura, I love the combination.
Stunning photos, Kevin! Thank you for working so hard to get this one ‘just right’ – it looks like perfection to me. And I love the tangy sweet combination of cranberry, cherry and orange.
Hope you and David and the pups have a wonderful weekend! We have oodles of snow so, skiing here we come! 😉
Thanks Marissa! While the cake is great, on the third one I found myself just eating the streusel and cranberry jam topping! 😉
Cranberry cakes are the best winter treat. This one looks pretty spectacular and sounds fantastic, Kevin! I would have added a little of cinnamon in the dough and some walnuts in the crumble topping cause this would amazingly work with cranberries. Well done.
Thanks Ben. I actually tried a little cinnamon in the streusel topping on cake #2 testing, but it seemed like too many things were going on. Could be me though, give it a try! Have a great weekend.
Hey Kevin! I love coffee cakes with streusel This is a perfect cake for Christmas morning! I’m more of a brunch rather than breakfast person, but I’d be into this as soon as I hit the on button on the coffee maker! Hope you are feeling better and have a great weekend!
Me too, I need to be up awhile before I eat something while Dave could eat right outta bed. 😉
On the mend here, but I’m hoping by the end of the weekend to be back in 100% tip top shape. Have a great weekend you two.
What a gorgeous coffee cake, Kevin! I love making coffee cakes, and I’ve played around with all sorts of flavors…but this one is perfect for the holidays! That honey + orange zest is a fun twist, and I would gladly devour a slice or two. In fact, that slice you’re pulling out in the photo…I want that slice. That exact slice. Can we make it happen? 🙂
That cherry cranberry combo I can’t get enough of really and the orange zest makes it all come together. Now if only we had that Star Trek transporter! Thanks Dave. 🙂
It’s easy and delicious recipe. My kids will love this :). Thank you very much for your sharing!!!
Thank you Emma, and for stopping by here. Hope you guys enjoy it! 🙂
Kevin! This cake looks like the type of cake I love to curl up with in the corner of the couch! Cake and sweet fruit is a match made in heaven! Cheers!
Thanks Gaila! I love that sweet streusel and the tangy cranberries in every bite!