Rich cranberry coffee cake

16 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pack Cream cheese -- 8 oz
Softened
1 cup Butter or margarine
1½ cup Sugar
1½ teaspoon Vanilla
4 eaches Eggs
2¼ cup All-purpose flour --
Diveded
1½ teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
2 cups Cranberries -- fresh or
Frozen dry
½ cup Pecans -- chopped
¼ cup Confectioner's sugar

Directions

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing mell after each addition.

Combine 2 cups flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture. Mix remaining flour with cranberries and nuts; fold into batter. Batter will be very thick. Spoon into a greased 10 in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350 deg. for 65 to 70 min. or until cake tests done. Let stand 5 min. before removing from the pan. Cool on a wire rack. Before serving, dust with confectioners sugar. Yield: 16 servings.

Recipe By : Country Woman

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