This is definitely my next favorite cake after chocolate! Spiced Orange and Cranberry Cake is buttery soft like chiffon and smells like heaven. It's a very unpretentious looking cake yet locked and loaded with the refreshing flavor of orange, cranberry and hint of cloves.

Bake it!  It's a serious kitchen aromatherapy treat!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 stick butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp grated orange zest
• 1 cup dried sweetened cranberries

1. Preheat oven to 350F.  Grease square or round cake pan.  Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cloves in a medium mixing bowl. Combine buttermilk, eggs, orange juice and vanilla in a a bowl and lightly built.

2. Combine  and cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.  Stir in orange zest.

3. Pour in egg mixture and combine well.

4. Add the flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time. Stir in the cranberries.

5. Bake until golden or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Recipe adapted from Easy Desserts Magazine