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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast

    Upside Down Cranberry Coffee Cake

    Published: November 18, 2016 · Updated: May 3, 2020 · By: Krissy · 5 Comments
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    Serve up this sweet homemade Upside Down Cranberry Coffee Cake with a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee for the perfect breakfast this holiday season.

    Serve up this sweet homemade Upside Down Cranberry Coffee Cake with a hot cup of freshly brewed cup of coffee for the perfect breakfast this holiday season.

    If you love the sweet and tart taste of fresh cranberries, you'll definitely want to make my Cranberry Orange Bread!

    cranberry coffee cake on plate

    I was so excited about getting my new coffee maker that I wanted to make a sweet treat to go with it and my husband suggested coffee cake. Normally, his suggestions can be pretty far out there, but sometimes he picks a real winner. Yes - coffee cake. Why didn't I think of that? Of course, I had to put my own spin on it plus I had to use up the extra cranberries in my refrigerator, so that's how we ended up with Upside Down Cranberry Coffee Cake.

    pouring cup of coffee in front of homemade cake

    Can you imagine how good this would be on Thanksgiving morning? Or on Christmas morning? Or on Sunday morning? Or right now?

    top view of cranberry coffee cake and coffee

    And you simply can't have coffee cake without an excellent cup of coffee, right? Right.

    Serve up this sweet homemade Upside Down Cranberry Coffee Cake with a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee for the perfect breakfast this holiday season.

    Upside Down Cranberry Coffee Cake

    Serve up this sweet homemade Upside Down Cranberry Coffee Cake with a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee for the perfect breakfast this holiday season.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour
    Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
    Scale: 8 servings
    Recipe Created By: Krissy Allori

    Ingredients

    Topping:

    • ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
    • ½ cup butter
    • 2 cups fresh cranberries (about 8 ounces )
    • ¾ cup chopped pecans
    • 1 tablespoon orange zest

    Cake:

    • ½ cup butter (room temperature)
    • ¾ cup white sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 cup sour cream
    • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 tablespoon orange zest
    • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
    • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Wrap the outside of a 9 inch springform pan with aluminum foil to prevent leaking. Sift together the flour, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
    • In a saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar and ½ cup butter. Bring to a boil, then add cranberries, pecans, and orange zest, stir, and pour into bottom of springform pan. Do not overcook the sugar mixture.
    • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and ¾ cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the sour cream. Pour batter into prepared pan.
    • Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto serving platter and carefully remove pan. Serve warm.
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    1. Beth

      November 19, 2019 at 9:08 pm

      5 stars
      I think cranberries and pecans are a match made in heaven! They are so tasty together! Can't wait to try this cake!

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    2. Katie

      November 19, 2019 at 8:55 pm

      5 stars
      Made this for the family and it was a hit!

      Reply
    3. Sara Welch

      November 19, 2019 at 3:13 pm

      5 stars
      What a lovely dessert and perfect for fall! Looking forward to wrapping up Thanksgiving with this dessert this year!

      Reply
    4. Julie Blanner

      November 19, 2019 at 2:52 pm

      5 stars
      Yum! This cake is delicious, and perfect for dessert or breakfast. It has such a great flavor and was super easy to make!

      Reply
    5. Melissa

      November 19, 2019 at 2:52 pm

      5 stars
      This was perfect with a hot cup of coffee! I love cranberries perfect addition to coffee cake!

      Reply

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