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Cranberry Pomegranate Pound Cake With Orange Cream Cheese Glaze – holiday flavors, festive. fluffy and delicious.
The combination of fluffy pound cake, tart cranberries, orange and pomegranate makes this cranberry pomegranate pound cake perfect for the holidays. And because it looked a little plain, I added a citrusy orange cream cheese frosting.
How was your weekend? Mine fast awesome, I had some great time Downtown Chicago on Friday and Saturday, but yesterday we got into a car accident. Our car got hit, nobody was hurt, but the car needs to be fixed. So today’s post will be short, because I’ve got too many things going on. I guess when it rains it pours! Can anyone else relate to that?
Now on this gorgeous cranberry pomegranate pound cake! I made it two days ago and now it is gone. It was so good! I love bundt cakes, because they are so easy to make and always look great.
This cake will be the perfect addition to your holiday menu, any party or potluck.
I adapted the recipe from my Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake Recipe, which I often make for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I hope you like it!
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Cranberry Pomegranate Pound Cake With Orange Cream Cheese Glaze
Ingredients
For the cake:
- ¾ cup butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar - can reduce it to 1 3/4 cups
- 3 large eggs
- zest from 1 orange
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, (do not thaw, if using frozen)
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
For the glaze:
- 4 oz cream softened
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- juice from 1 orange
- zest from 1/2 orange
Other:
- pomegranate seeds for garnishing
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 F (177 C). Grease and flour bundt cake pan and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer cream together butter and sugar for 3-4 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time and beat at least one minute per egg.
- In a bowl combine salt, flour and baking powder.
- Add dry ingredients, alternatively with the buttermilk to the butter/sugar/egg mixture.
- Add orange zest. Carefully fold in cranberries and pomegranate seeds.
- Transfer to bundt cake pan and bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let it cool inside the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
For the glaze:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, mix together cream cheese and sugar combined. Add orange zest and slowly add orange juice. Beat until incorporated.
- Thin the glaze with water if needed.
- Pour on top of the cake. Top with pomegranate seeds.
- Store in the fridge in air-tight container for a week.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This is just gorgeous Mira!! <3 Bundt cakes are so pretty, always!
Thanks lady!
So glad you’re ok, Mira! And I hope your car isn’t too bad. This cake looks so gorgeous! I’m loving the cranberry and pomegranate combo. So perfect for the holidays! Pinned!
Thanks Gayle! The car isn’t too bad and I hope they fix it soon!
Whoa, are you really okay? That does not sound like a good weekend. Were you at BlogHer?
The cake does look amazing, but I’m glad you’re all right!
Yeah, yesterday was terrible! I was at the conference! Thanks Mir!
Mira, glad to hear you are ok! Stay safe. . I was in Chicago over the weekend for BlogHer Food and the traffic is crazy. . dude, this cranberry pomegranate pound cake is beautiful!!! I can’t wait to try it!
Hey Alice, I wish I emailed you last week to get your phone so I can say hi at BlogHer, but I’ll definitely do next time! Thanks, glad you like the cake!
This is a beautiful festive cake, perfect for the holidays.
Thanks !!!
Oh no girlfriend! I can totally relate to the “when it rains, it pours” situation! I’m sorry you were in a car accident, but sooo glad everyone is okay! This cake is a perfect way to forget your woes, just sit down with this beautiful deliciousness and devour away! 😉 LOVE the combination of cranberry, pomegranate and orange in here! Plus that glaze looks ridiculously delish! Pinned! Cheers and hope you get the ride back soon! <3
Thanks my friend!
This cake is gorgreous, Mira!! I would love for this to be the centerpiece at Thankgiving.
thanks Jen!
I’m so happy you’re all okay. So scary. That cake is gorgeous. So festive!
Thanks Linda!
Oh no Mira! When it rains it does pour indeed! I am so glad y’all are ok – but so sorry about the car! And I hope your hand has heeled some. By the way – this cake is gorgeous – I saw it on IG earlier and wow! Love the orange cream cheese glaze too, it’s pure decadence!
Hope everything settles down for y’all and the rain stops soon…
You are so right Shashi! Thanks so much! I hope it ends soon! My hand is ok, no more pain, the nail is grwing 🙂
Oh, Mira – this pound cake is simply stunning! I love the orange and cranberry combo and that citrus glaze sounds just fantastic! This is perfect all the way through the holidays!
Thanks!