1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup butter (2 sticks) softened
1 cup firmly-packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs
3 tablespoons grated orange zest
5 tablespoons orange juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Use vegetable spray on a 9-inch tube pan or two 8-inch round pans. Beat butter and sugars in bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, orange zesk and orange juice. Mix well. Add flour and baking powder and beat until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and cranberries.
Bake one hour to one hour ten minutes. Cool n pan ten minutes before removing to wire rack. Cool completely before icing.
Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar and enough orange juice to make a thick but spreadable icing.
OR
Melt 1 cup chocolate chips with a touch of butter and drizzle over cake.
OPTIONS:
Instead of cranberries, you can just double the chocolate chips or combine two flavors of baking chips.
OR
1 cup finely ground walnuts.
OR
Just leave it plain and ice with orange icing.
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