Cape Cod Cranberry Coffee Cake

By lisapearce

Ingredients

• TOPPING:
• 1 stick butter
• 1 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 c. flour
• 1 c. sour cream
• 1 tsp. almond flavoring
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 (16 oz.) can whole cranberry sauce
• 1 c. chopped walnuts
• 1/2 c. confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring
• 1 tbsp. warm water

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter; add sugar gradually and beat well. Add eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition. Mix dry ingredients together. Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Add almond flavoring and 1/2 cup of nuts. Grease and flour tube or bundt pan. Pour 1/2 of batter in pan. Add 1/2 can of cranberries and spread evenly over batter. Add remaining batter, then remaining sauce and sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts. Bake in 325 degree oven for 55 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan.

Mix together topping ingredients and drizzle over warm cake.

Note on cranberry sauce: cranberry sauce should be removed from can and placed in a small bowl and allowed to set while mixing cake. Stir sauce well before using.