Cranberry Orange Almond Pound Cake

I love the first Tuesday of every month. I get to have dinner and a meeting with other Tastefully Simple Consultants. Meeting with other team members is the best way to learn the business and bounce ideas off of each other. Since we are in the food business we of course get to try some amazing products and then experiment with some as well. We all come with recipes and try them out.

I had been looking for a great Easter recipe and wasn't really coming up with anything I loved. Instead I went to my fridge to see if I had anything about to expire. Orange Juice! That doesn't happen often in our house but we have been out of town a lot lately so this was about to go bad. I went to www.tastefullysimple.com/web/hgunn and clicked on "Try Our Recipes." I typed in "orange juice" and was able to pull up over 25 recipes. We love this easy to use system at our house! Make sure to click the link above and try it out.

Cranberry Orange Almond Pound Cake

Submitted by Joy Rodas (MN) HQ Team Member

Ingredients

Absolutely Almond Pound Cake Mix

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) melted butter

1 cup plus 3 Tbsp. orange juice, divided

1 tsp. grated orange zest, optional

1 cup fresh cranberries

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions

Combine Absolutely Almond Pound Cake Mix, butter, 1 cup orange juice, zest and cranberries; stir to blend. Pour batter into greased 9 x 5 loaf pan. Bake at 325° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool bread completely. Combine powdered sugar and remaining 3 Tbsp. orange juice; whisk until smooth. Drizzle glaze over baked pound cake. Makes 8-10 servings.