Cranberry Bliss Coffee Cake
Equipment
- 9 x13-inch baking pan
Ingredients
Coffee Cake:
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 3/4 cup dried sweetened cranberries (chopped) (craisins)
- 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
Frosting:
- 1-1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons orange juice
- 4 ounces soft butter
- 4 ounces soft cream cheese
- 3/4 cup chopped craisins
- 1 ounce grated white chocolate
- 4 teaspoons grated orange peel
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with baker's release spray.
- Cream together the butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time and mix again.
- Continue mixing in milk and vanilla until smooth.
- Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and ground ginger.
- Add to the wet mixture and blend to form a smooth batter.
- Fold in the cranberries, crystallized ginger, and white chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick can go in and out without wet batter stuck to it.
- Cool in pan.
- When coffee cake is cool, mix the sifted powdered sugar, vanilla, orange juice, butter and cream cheese until smooth and spread on cake.
- Sprinkle with remaining craisins, white chocolate shavings and orange peel before it dries.
Notes
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com
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