Cranberry- Chocolate Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups cranberries
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• orange slices or cranberries (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 to make the cake, grease and flour a 9" tube pan; set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl and with an electric mixer, cream the butter and cream cheese until light.
• 3 add the brown and granulated sugars, orange rind and vanilla.
• 4 continue beating until fluffy.
• 5 beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• 6 in a medium bowl, sift the flour and baking powder.
• 7 add to the creamed mixture, stirring until well combined.
• 8 stir in the cranberries and chocolate chips.
• 9 spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
• 10 bake in a 350 degree f oven about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• 11 cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack.
• 12 to make the glaze, melt the chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler over hot, not boiling, water.
• 13 stir in the orange juice.
• 14 unmold the cooled cake.
• 15 spoon the glaze over the top; let cool.
• 16 garnish the top of the cake with orange slices, or fill the centre with cranberries.