Looking through The Spirit of Christmas Cookbook from 1996, last night I came across this recipe which reads like the perfect Christmas morning coffee cake! I am going to make it for a Christmas get together since I don’t want to wait for Christmas to have it!
1/2 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 teas almond extract
1 teas vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teas baking powder
1 teas baking soda
1 teas salt
1 cup sour cream
1 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
3 tables milk
1/2 teas almond extract
Preheat oven to 350
For cake:
Cream butter with sugar in large bowl. Beat in room temp eggs with extracts until well blended.
In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture, Alternating with sour cream. Stir until no lumps remain. Pour half of the batter into a greased and floured 9” tube pan. Spoon cranberry sauce over batter. Top with remaining batter. Bake until cake tests done. About 50-60 minutes, depending on your oven! Remove from oven and cool in pan 10 minutes. While cake is cooling in pan, mix all glaze ingredients together and stir until smooth! Remove cake from pan and drizzle glaze over warm cake!
Serves:10-12
Chocolate Castles as wel 