Cakespy: Homemade Starbucks-Style Cranberry Bliss Bars

Name: Cakespy: Homemade Starbucks-Style Cranberry Bliss Bars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters brown sugar, firmly packed; 59 milliliters candied ginger, finely chopped; 355 milliliters confectioners sugar; 113 grams cream cheese, softened; 118 milliliters dried cranberries; 3 larges eggs; 355 milliliters flour; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional); 1 teaspoons lemon zest (optional); 1 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 79 milliliters white chocolate (either chips, or coarsely chopped bar chocolate)

Cakespy: Homemade Starbucks-Style Cranberry Bliss Bars might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One serving contains 236 calories, 3g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cream cheese, lemon zest, cranberries, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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

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Oven

Frying Pan

Make the cake. Beat butter and sugar together until fluffy; add the vanilla and eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition. Sift together flour, ground ginger, nutmeg, and salt and then add to the butter and sugar mixture, beating until fully incorporated. This will be a very thick batter. Fold in the cranberries, chocolate and ginger.

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Ginger

Cranberries

Chocolate

Vanilla

Butter

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

Spread the batter in the pan and bake for about 30 minutes or until light golden.

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Spread

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Oven

Frying Pan

Let the cake cool before adding the frosting.

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Frosting

Make the frosting. Using the paddle attachment on an electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese together until fluffy; add the lemon zest, vanilla, and salt; add the confectioners' sugar bit by bit until the frosting has reached your desired consistency (you may need less than the suggested amount).

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Lemon Zest

Frosting

Vanilla

Butter

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Spread the frosting evenly over the cake, and scatter the cranberries on top of the frosting immediately.

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Cranberries

Frosting

Spread

Make the drizzle. In a double boiler, melt white chocolate; once it is smooth, use a spoon and drizzle across the top of the frosted and cranberry-festooned cake.

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White Chocolate

Cranberries

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Double Boiler

Slice the bars immediately after applying the white chocolate drizzle. Slice in half lengthwise, and then slice into four equal parts horizontally. Slice each rectangle in half diagonally, and you will end up with 16 triangle-shaped bars.

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White Chocolate