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Recipe for Cranberry Orange Loaf with Chocolate Chips

A delicious tea cake where cranberries and chocolate chips come together with a strong citrussy flavour.
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Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 6 serving

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1.5 tsps baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup orange juice freshly squeezed
  • one orange zest of
  • 4 - 5 drops orange oil (optional)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup cranberries sugar fresh or frozen , roughly chopped and tossed in
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Grease a loaf tin and keep aside.
  • Preheat oven to 175 C.
  • In a large bowl, whisk the dry ingredients until combined.
  • In a medium bowl, beat the egg with the oil. Add the orange juice, zest and orange extract and whisk well together.
  • Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Stir gently to combine, finally stirring in sugar coated cranberries and chocolate chips.
  • Scrape out the batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake at 175 C (350F) in the middle rack, for 50 minutes to an hour, until a skewer comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven,allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes. Carefully, loosen the sides and turn it out on a cooling rack. Let it cool.
  • Slice and serve with a cup of tea.