Sunday, November 23, 2008

Cranberry Bliss Bars (a la Starbucks)

I found this online somewhere and these are amazingly delicious!

For Cake Base:
1 ½ sticks butter -- softened
1 ¼ cup real brown sugar
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons crystallized ginger--chopped
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups flour
¾ cup minced dried cranberries
4 oz white chocolate—chopped

For Frosting:
4 ounce cream cheese -- softened
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons butter -- softened
1 teaspoon vanilla

For Garnish:
¼ cup minced dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a 9x13 pan.

Beat butter and sugar together for the cake base, and add eggs/vanilla beating until fluffy. Sift together flour, ginger, and salt and then add to the butter/sugar mixture beating well. Fold in the cranberries and chocolate. Spread batter in pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden.

When cake is cooled, mix all frosting ingredients together and spread a thin layer over the cake. Immediately sprinkle with the minced cranberries. Then use a cake decorating bag of melted white chocolate with a tiny decorating tip (like the size used for writing on cakes) and drizzle the chocolate over the cake.

Cut this into 16 triangle bars.

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