This tangy Thanksgiving treat wows your taste buds with the tantalizing flavors of cranberry and orange. With our Cranberry Cravings Cake, you can savor the kick of cranberry while indulging yourself in the rich and creamy cream cheese frosting.
- 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 1/4 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1/2 cup frozen non-dairy whipped topping, thawed
- 2 tubs Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 pkg Duncan Hines® Moist Deluxe® Classic Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- 1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp red food coloring
- Crisco® No-Stick Cooking Spray
- In a medium size bowl, blend together cream cheese and cranberry sauce. Gently fold whipped topping into cream cheese mixture. Chill until ready to assemble cake.
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease the sides and bottom of three 8-inch baking pans with no-stick cooking spray. Flour lightly.
- Blend dry mix, cranberry juice, orange juice concentrate, vegetable oil, eggs and food coloring in large bowl at low speed until moistened (about 30 seconds). Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour one-third of the batter in each pan. Bake immediately.
- Bake 20-23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Cool completely before assembling.
- Place one layer on serving platter. Spread with half the cream cheese mixture. Top with second layer and remaining cream cheese mixture. Top with remaining layer. Frost top and sides of cake with frosting. Garnish with fresh cranberries, orange twists and orange zest curls, if desired. Refrigerate cake until ready to serve.
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spburdick (1 discussion) on Nov 28, 2010 at 04:33 PM
I made this cake last Christmas and it was great. The hardest part was finding red food coloring at Christmas time. Instead of using the orange peel, I decorated it with fresh cranberries and mint leaves to resemble a holly wreath. It gave the cake a slight mint hint nobody seemed to mind. Everybody enjoyed it. I think this year I may use fondant for the leaves or slightly stiffen the frosting, use green food coloring and make the leaves from it.
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melindaspencer (1 discussion) on Nov 30, 2009 at 10:12 AM
I made this cake for Thanksgiving, everyone loved it. I made cream cheese frosting from scratch. It is quick and easy.
