The Residence
Bed and Breakfast

Lynchburg, Virginia

Specialty Recipe

Cranberry Coffee Cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

8 ounces sour cream

1 teaspoon almond extract

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

One 16-ounce can whole-berry cranberry sauce

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Glaze

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

1 Tablespoon warm water

Dash salt

Cream butter and gradually add sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine dry ingredients; add creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Add extracts and mix well.

Spoon half of mixture into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Spread half the cranberry sauce over batter. Repeat. Sprinkle pecans over. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. While the cake is cooking, prepare glaze by mixing glaze ingredients together. Let cake cool 5 minutes before removing from pan. Drizzle glaze over.

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