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Cranberry Bliss Bars--A La Starbucks
A Real Holiday treat!!
Let me know how these compare to the real deal at Starbucks!
Cranberry Bliss Bars -- A La Starbucks
(Adapted from Mrbreakfast.com)
For Cake:
2 sticks (1 cup) Butter
1 cup brown sugar-- packed
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup minced dried cranberries(soak in hot water to soften)
1/4 cup Lindt or Perugina Chocolate (whiter or dark)
1/4 cup minced candied ginger
1 Tablespoon Orange zest
For Frosting:
4 ounce cream cheese -- softened
1 and 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons butter -- softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 Tablespoon orange zest
For Garnish:
2 Tablespoons minced dried cranberries (Soak in hot water to soften)
1/3 cup white chocolate chips (e.g. Ghiradelli or Guittard) -- melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9x13 pan. For thinner bars
you can use a 15 inch jellyroll 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,orange zest,
chocolate and ginger. Spread thick batter in pan and bake for about 20 to 25 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 bars immediately because the white chocolate hardens pretty
fast and makes cake cutting messy. Enjoy!
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