Cranberry cheese coffee cake recipe

Cranberry-Cheese Coffee Cake recipe

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Ingredients:

One 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup light brown sugar

2 large eggs

1/4 cup milk

1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup whole-berry cranberry sauce

Instructions:

Beat cream cheese, butter, and brown sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer with paddle attachment until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, milk, lemon zest, and vanilla, beating until smooth.

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; add to cream cheese mixture, beating at low speed until well blended. Spread batter into greased and floured 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Dollop with cranberry sauce and swirl with a knife.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until cake begins to release from sides of pan. Cool slightly and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut into squares.

Variations: Blueberry preserves and lemon zest, orange marmalade and lime zest, or raspberry preserves with lemon zest.

Yield:12 to 15 servings