okay today we are combining sweet and sour to create the most velvety soft cranberry bread
it's packed with cranberry and orange flavor and topped with a sweet orange glaze it is so
so good so to start off you just want to preheat your oven to 160c or 320f with the fan turned on
also known as convection mode and grease the bottom and sides of an 8.5 by 4.5 inch loaf tin
and today I'm just using my homemade cake release to grease my tins and then I'm also going to line
the long edge with a sheet of baking or parchment paper and this will just make it so much easier to
take the cranberry bread out once it's done now you just want to set that aside and next we're
going to sift together our dry ingredients so I've got 180 g or 1 and 1/2 cups of plain
allpurpose flour 30 G or 1/4 cup of cornstarch 1 and 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and half
a teaspoon of salt and then using a whisk just mix that all together until it's well combined
okay now you just want to set your dry ingredients aside for now and next in a
large bowl combine 113 G or half a cup of room temperature unsalted butter 55 G or 1/4 cup of
unflavored vegetable oil I use canola oil 150 g or 3/4 of a cup of white granulated sugar and 2
tsps of orange zest now when zesting your orange just remember to only grate the very top layer of
the orange as the deeper into the orange you go the more bitter the outer layer will become and
then using a hand or stand mixer on a medium high speed cream that together for 2 minutes
until it's light and creamy next you want to add in two large room temperature eggs one at
a time on a low speed mixing well in between each addition so about 10 to 15 seconds in between each
egg okay now once that's done you want to add in 60 G or A 1/4 cup of room temperature
milk 75 G or 1/3 cup of freshly squeezed orange juice and 1 teaspoon of vanilla
extract or Essence and then again you just want to mix that in until it's well
combined now you just want to get all of that batter off of the attachments because the rest
of the mixing is going to be done by hand so next you want to add in the premixed dry
ingredients from earlier and gently fold that in with a spatula until it's just combined you
don't want to over mix the batter so only mix until you can't see any more streaks of flour
and the batter is the same consistency throughout and then to finish off add a tablespoon of flour
to 135 G or 1 and 1/4 cups of fresh or frozen cranberries today I'm using Frozen cranberries
and if you are going to use frozen cranberries too then just make sure that you don't let them
thaw out and then you just want to mix that so that the Cranberries are coated in the flour and this
is just going to help prevent the Cranberries from sinking to the bottom of the the loaf when baking
and then you just want to add the Cranberries to the batter getting rid of any excess flour
and then gently folding them in until they just combined okay so that is our batter all done
it smells so so good and now you just want to evenly distribute it into our pre-prepared cake
tin once that's done level out the top and drop the loaf tin lightly on the counter twice
to remove any large air bubbles and now this is going to go into the oven for 60 to 65 minutes
or until a skewer comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs on it so my cranberry bread is out
of the oven now it smells so so incredibly good I've just let it cool in the cake tin
for about 20 minutes just to allow it to firm up a little before lifting it out of the cake tin
by holding onto the parchment paper on the sides and then placing it onto a wire rack to completely
cool so once the cranberry bread is cool we're going to go ahead and make a super easy orange
glaze to go on the top and that's just going to help cut through some of the sourness of
The Cranberries so all you have to do is to a bowl combine 125 G or 1 cup of powdered sugar
also known as icing sugar or confectioners sugar and 21 G or 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of
freshly squeezed orange juice and then you just want to mix that together until it's
well combined you should end up with a nice thick glaze now once that's done if the glaze
is just a little too thin then you can just add a bit powdered sugar or if it's on the
other hand too thick then you can just add in a bit more orange juice and then you just want
to carefully transfer your cranberry bread to a serving plate and then spread the glaze over the
top now an optional last step is to decorate the top with more orange zest so I use about
a tablespoon okay and that is it my cranberry bread is all done this cranberry bread bread is
honestly bursting with cranberry and orange flavor and the orange glaze really just helps to cut
through the sourness of the cranberry so you end up with a not too sour or not too sweet cranberry
bread [Music] m m it is so incredibly soft and it's honestly just packed with flavor that was
so good I like literally finished my whole slice so that is it for today guys if you do decide to
give this cranberry bread a go then please do leave a review on my blog it really helps
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