Cranberry Orange bread with an orange glaze

Essential reading for the Brit in America is the Daily Mail on line...all the snippets and gossip you will ever need to know about who  ,where and what is going on at home..... And today was no exception!!  Guess who is in Portland this week......Wayne Rooney...a fine example of an English gentleman if ever I did see one....? So Portland Oregon is all over the English press ,for one thing as Mr Rooney is here...but also as the US capital of strip joints !! Who  would have known it??  You'd better watch yourself Wayne.......
  Anyway,since there is a fellow native in town, thought I'd better make a cake in case he decided to stop by and partake of tea at 4....

11/2 cups unsalted butter,softened
11/2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 cup each of orange juice and sour cream
2 teasp vanilla extract
2 tbsps finely grated orange zest
4 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 teasp salt
11/2 cups dried cranberries
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tbsps orange juice

 Makes 2 loaves

 Preheat the oven to 325, and butter 2  9 by 5 loaf  tins . With a mixer on medium speed, cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. . takes about 3 minutes. Add the eggs .one at a time and thoroughly mix after each one, then add the orange juice and sour cream,orange juice and vanilla,and mix until blended.. Add the flour,baking powder and salt and cranberries and mix until the dry ingredients and mixed through. Pour the batter into the tins and bake for 70 -75 mins,  a toothpick  inserted in the middle should come out clean.   Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix the orange juice and powdered sugar,until it has the consistency of  thick maple syrup . Let the loaves cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tins and set over a baking sheet. With a thin skewer , poke deep holes in the cakes ,and pour the glaze over,so that it  coats the top and runs down the sides ,and seeps into the holes.. 

Do you see the English cake tin in the background....that's bound to impress Wayne.   I havn't cut into it yet,but I'm sure its going to look really pretty with the flecks if orange and cranberry...  sounds very festive and holiday like for this dreary wet weather we are having.

  I'm off to put the kettle on so I'm ready for my visitor...in case he doesn't come , anyone else want a cuppa and a slice??