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Orange Cranberry Torte Recipe

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“Around the holidays 45 years ago, a friend gave me this recipe; it’s been a favorite ever since.” —Bertha Palamar, Fulton, New York

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Orange Cranberry Torte Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 55 min. + cooling

Yield: 16 Servings

20 55 75

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup canola oil
2 eggs
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, coarsely chopped
1 cup chopped dates
4 teaspoons grated orange peel
GLAZE:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons orange juice

Directions

Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray and sprinkle with flour; set aside.
In a large bowl, beat the sugar, buttermilk, applesauce, oil and eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in the walnuts, cranberries, dates and orange peel.
Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cake. Yield: 16 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 269 calories, 10 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 147 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Orange Cranberry Torte in Healthy Cooking December/January 2011, p16

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Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2012 by beckihomecki

This recipe was good but I didn't think it was a wow recipe. Simple and basic. I will probably make this again.

Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2012 by beckihomecki

This cake was simple and basic. It was good. I made it for church and there was none left. I used orange extract in the glaze instead of orange juice. I just wouldn't rate this oh my! I have to make this again, kind of recipe.

Reviewed on Mar. 01, 2011 by itschnerkl

I added sub'd canned cherries instead of cranberries. So good!

Reviewed on Nov. 29, 2010 by whitie13

Excellent, I made it without the nuts as I had a friend coming over that has an allery to nuts, I used dried cranberries and plumped them up with a little bit of boiling water. Will make this again and again.