Prize Winning Cranberry Zucchini Bread and Holiday Fruitcake

A festive loaf everyone will love this holiday season! These smell so good cooking.


Disposable loaf pans are perfect for giveaways, tree pans can be found at any local dollar stores great to bring for holiday parties or you can use regular size loaf pans.


This is a very old recipe from back in the '80s. I actually won a ribbon at a fair in Upstate NY one year.


I entered a quick bread baking contest and this won the first prize.


Hope you like this one too they make great gifts for family or co-workers, this bread is so festive looking when you cut it!


Plus the easiest Holiday Fruitcake recipe is also for you below, just pick the one you prefer to make the recipes, are easy and delicious!


Both recipes are printable scroll all the way to the end of this post to save them for later.

Cranberry Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups of sugar

2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 1/4 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini

1 cup vegetable oil

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon orange zest

1 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) as shown

1 cup chocolate chips (optional) as shown



DIRECTIONS In a large bowl or heavy mixer (such as Kitchenaide), combine the first seven ingredients. In another bowl, beat eggs, add zucchini, oil, and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in the cranberries, chocolate chips, and walnuts.



Pour into two heavily greased and floured 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pans or various shaped pans I prefer to use disposable ones, they freeze better and much easier, and lightly spray with oil first. I also line my pans with parchment paper on the bottom of Christmas trees or disposable loaf pans, so to ensure easy removal. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. These freeze nicely!

Christmas Fruitcake Recipe:

1 cup glace cherries, quartered

3/4 cup raisins

1/2 cup nuts of any kind

3/4 cup mixed glace fruit (or glace mixed peel)

1- 2/3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup sugar

1 - 8 - ounce brick of cream cheese

1/3 cup butter

2 eggs

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or rum extract

1 teaspoon allspice or use all cinnamon

Grease a loaf pan.
Cream sugar, cheese, with butter till light.
Mix all ingredients together folding in the fruits last.
Pour into the loaf pan.
Bake 325 1 hour.

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Printable Recipes Below:

Prize Winning Cranberry Zucchini Bread and Holiday Fruitcake

Yield: 10

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 10 M

Here is some holiday cake recipes, one is a cranberry zucchini loaf the other is a Christmas Fruitcake.

Ingredients

• Cranberry Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups of sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) as shown
• 1 cup chocolate chips (optional) as shown
• Christmas Fruitcake Recipe:
• 1 cup glace cherries, quartered
• 3/4 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup nuts of any kind
• 3/4 cup mixed glace fruit (or glace mixed peel)
• 1- 2/3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 - 8 - ounce brick of cream cheese
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or rum extract
• 1 teaspoon allspice or use all cinnamon

Instructions

1. Cranberry Zucchini Bread Directions:
2. In a large bowl or heavy mixer (such as Kitchenaide), combine the first seven ingredients.
3. In another bowl, beat eggs, add zucchini, oil, and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in the cranberries, chocolate chips, and walnuts.
4. Pour into two heavily greased and floured 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pans or various shaped pans I prefer to use disposable ones, they freeze better and much easier, and lightly spray with oil first.
5. I also line my pans with parchment paper on the bottom of Christmas trees or nondisposable loaf pans, so to ensure easy removal.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. These freeze nicely!
7. Holiday Fruitcake Instructions:
8. Grease a loaf pan.
9. Cream sugar, cheese, with butter till light.
10. Mix all ingredients together folding in the fruits last.
11. Pour into the loaf pan.
12. Bake 325 degrees for 1 hour. use the toothpick method to check the middle is done.

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