2 cups flour, ¾ cup sugar, ¼ tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda
Using a whisk, mix the dry ingredients together.
Mush and add the overripe banana
1 overripe banana
Add the wet ingredients
½ cup Aranciata Rossa, ¼ cup cranberry pie filling, ½ cup almond milk, ½ cup frozen cranberries
Mix well and set aside. It's ok if the dough is sticky.
Transfer the cranberry dough to the baking mold and gently tap the container.
Optional, I like to make swirls on the top just to give it some design.
Place the pan in the pre-heated oven and bake for 35 Minutes
At the 35 minute mark, do the knife test. See notes
If it passes the knife test, turn off the oven and remove the cake from the oven
When it's cool to touch, remove the loaf cake from the mold
Place the cake on a rack and cool for an hour.
Assemble the icing ingredients in a glass bowl
½ cup powdered sugar, 1½ Tbsp Aranciata Rossa, ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice, ¼ tsp vanilla essence, ¼ tsp orange zest
Mix well and drizzle on the cake.
Cut into thick slices and serve.
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Notes
*** CALORIES INFORMATION IS APPROXIMATE. CONSULT A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
Use frozen cranberries in this recipe in both the homemade filling and the frozen cranberries.
From the cranberry pie filling, use the cranberries only and not the sauce. That sauce can be used to drizzle on top of the loaf cake when you serve it.
If you don’t want to make the cranberry filling, use cranberry sauce which has the whole cranberries in it. Do not use dried cranberries in this recipe.
In the cake and the icing, I use San Pelligrino’s Aranciata Rossa AKA Sparkling Blood Orange drink.
The baking loaf pan is 3.6″ width by 8.6″ length and 2.2″ in height.
Once you have turned off the oven, remove the cranberry loaf cake and let it cool to touch. Then, remove it from the pan and let it cool on a rack. I let it cool for about an hour before icing it.
Knife Test: Place the tip of the knife into the side of the loaf cake. If it comes out clean, it's ready. If there is dough stuck on it, it may need to stay in the oven for a few more minutes.