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Cranberry Jam Coffee Cake

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Yeah I know, I promised a pot pie and to chat about prop selection, but due to a malfunctioning camera cable, I was unable to upload some photos of said pot pie….. much to my chagrin. However, I do have a back up; a beautiful cranberry coffee cake.

Now I don’t partake of cake, not a cake lover, especially of the treacly, cloying, store bought kind, but a coffee cake, that is another matter altogether! Coffee cake is just that, a cake that goes well with coffee; I like mine at breakfast. So, I found a recipe for a cranberry version, that I doctored up to reflect my own preferences, feel free to change up the spices!

Cranberry Jam

  1. Combine 2 cups of sugar, 2 cups of water and 1 tsp. lemon zest, bring to a boil.
  2. Add 4 cups of frozen cranberries, 1 tsp. allspice, 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1 tsp. ground nutmeg. Bring to a boil until cranberries pop and set aside.

Cranberry Coffee Cake

  1. 1 & 1/2 cups unsalted butter
  2. 3 cups of flour
  3. 1 tsp. salt
  4. 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder and baking soda
  5. 3 large eggs
  6. 1 & 1/2 cups of sugar
  7. 1 & 1/12 cups of buttermilk
  8. 1 & 1/2 cup toasted walnuts or pecans

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees, grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking pan, knock out excess flour.

Cream together the butter and sugar and slowly beat in eggs, beat in buttermilk until well blended. Spread 1/3 of the mixture into the pan, and top with cranberry jam, take a butter knife and drag into the mixture, top with 1/2 cup of nuts, repeat until all the mixture and cranberries have been added, topped with the nuts.

Bake at 350 degrees approximately 45 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Allow to cool. Mix together 1 & 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla and 4 tbs. milk and drizzle glaze over cake.

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The tea towel is compliments of my mom, who stitched the bird theme on the towel and edged it with hand crocheted trim. The spoon is from a flea market in Tulsa. I love old junk!