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Grandma Brooks' Cranberry Swirl Coffee Cake Recipe

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From Bernice Brooks 1910-1978 (Grandpa's Mom)
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/4 pound margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon soda
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon almond or vanilla
7 or 8 oz. can whole cranberry sauce
1/2 cup chopped nuts

GLAZE
3/4 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tablespoon warm water
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Directions:
Directions:
Cream margarine and sugar with electric mixer. Add unbeaten eggs one at a time, beating after each addition on medium speed. Mix dry ingredients and add alternately with sour cream. Add flavoring. Grease an 8 or 9 inch tube pan. Put a layer of batter on bottom, then swirl some cranberry sauce over batter and sprinkle with nuts. Add more batter, more cranberry sauce. Swirl cranberry sauce into batter with spatula or spoon. Sprinkle with nuts.

Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick.

Cool in pan 5 minutes, then turn out on rack to cool or serve. If desired, drizzle with glaze. Cake without glaze may be wrapped and frozen. For a smaller cake cut each ingredient in half and bake in 7 inch tube pan for 35 minutes at 350 degrees. The smaller cake will be around 2-1/2" deep.

GLAZE
Mix sugar, water and flavoring and drizzle over partially cooled or cold coffee cake.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I made this recipe for Easter Brunch in Phoenix 2022. However, who would have known that flour has an expiration date?? Unfortunately, my "leftover" flour was from 2017. Only being in Phoenix for 7 months each year, and not especially fond of cooking in general, the date just got away from me. It was heavy like a rock, but when done correctly this recipe is very delicious!! I used to make it for Thanksgiving and Christmas breakfasts.

 

 

 

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