Berry Merry Glazed Coffee Cake

A red cake filled with cranberries and nuts is the perfect addition to our Christmas offerings. It is so festive and a great way to use up extra homemade cranberry sauce. This is my kind of “fruit cake.”

Berry Merry Glazed Coffee Cake

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/3 cup fruit juice (such as apple, orange or even cranberry)

1 1/4 cups leftover cranberry sauce or use canned whole berry sauce

1/2 cup roughly chopped pecans

 

Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar

1 to 2 tablespoons juice 

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 9 ″ x 5″ loaf pan with parchment paper cut to size; spray paper and sides of pan with pan release. 
2. Combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg and cinnamon in small bowl; set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Add vanilla, juice, cranberry sauce and nut. Mix well. 
   
4. Add dry ingredients to wet mixture just until moistened. Spread mixture in a prepared loaf pan.
   
5. Bake about 45 to 50 minutes hour or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
6. Cool on a rack.
7. Glaze: Mix powdered sugar and juice. Drizzle over cooled cake.

Recipe without photos . . . Berry Merry Glazed Coffee Cake

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/3 cup fruit juice (such as apple, orange or even cranberry)

1 1/4 cups leftover cranberry sauce or use canned whole berry sauce

1/2 cup roughly chopped pecans

 

Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar

1 to 2 tablespoons juice 

1. Preheat oven to 350°.  Line a 9 ″ x 5″ loaf pan with parchment paper cut to size; spray paper and sides of pan with pan release. 
2. Combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg and cinnamon in small bowl; set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Add vanilla, juice, cranberry sauce and nut. Mix well.  
4. Add dry ingredients to wet mixture just until moistened. Spread mixture in a prepared loaf pan.
5. Bake about 45 to 50 minutes hour or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
6. Cool on a rack.
7. Glaze: Mix powdered sugar and juice. Drizzle over cooled cake.