Cranberry Cake

1 8-oz. pkg cream cheese, room temperature

1 cup butter (2 sticks), room temperature

1½ cups sugar

2¼ cups all purpose flour, divided

2 cups Jersey Fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped

½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

 

4 Jersey Fresh eggs

1 ½ teaspoon baking powder

1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

½ teaspoon salt

confectioner's sugar

 

From Jersey Fresh Cooks cookbook

Submitted by: Julie Reichenbach, Egg Harbor, NJ

 

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Combine 2 cups flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to batter mixture. Mix remaining ¼ cup flour with cranberries and nuts and fold into batter. Batter will be very thick. Spoon into a greased 10-inch fluted tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 65-70 minutes or until cake tests done. Let stand 5 minutes before removing from pan. Before serving, dust with confectioner's sugar. Serves 16.


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