Cranberry Coffee Cake

Name: Cranberry Coffee Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 9 servings.
Ingredients: 2 cups biscuit/baking mix; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2/3 cup milk; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 2/3 cup jellied cranberry sauce; TOPPING:; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; GLAZE:; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 2 tablespoons milk; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

"This recipe was given to me by a former neighbor," pens Doris Brearley from Vestal, New York. The yummy cake relies on baking mix, canned cranberry sauce and an easy nut topping, so it's truly a quick bread.

Ingredients

2 cups biscuit/baking mix
2 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
2/3 cup jellied cranberry sauce
TOPPING:
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
GLAZE:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the biscuit mix, sugar, milk and egg. Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Drop cranberry sauce by teaspoonfuls over batter. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over cranberry sauce.
Bake at 400° for 18-23 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
In a small bowl, combine the glaze ingredients; drizzle over coffee cake.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 311 calories, 9g fat (2g saturated fat), 27mg cholesterol, 363mg sodium, 54g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.

Originally published as Cranberry Coffee Cake in Quick Cooking September/October 2003

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manga

Sep 26, 2018

I found the base of the coffee cake to be on the dry side, which I believe is due to the bisquick. I think it would be better if the cranberry was in the middle of the cake instead of on top. As I cut it, pieces of cranberry were toppling off.
mellowinRI

Jul 24, 2013

Mu husband likes a particular coffee cake and frowns on any other that I attempt to serve him - till this one. He's been happily eating this coffee cake every morning and just had a piece for a snack. "Where did you get this recipe?" he asked me. "It's really GOOD!" I asked him if it is moist enough and he said yes, very...which is great because I find cakes made with Bisquick to be kind of dry sometimes. I have already added this recipe to my "Favorites" because Jack loves it and it was very quick and easy to make. The only thing I did differently was to add a dash of almond flavoring to the glaze since almond goes so well with cranberry! Thank you for this "keeper" of a recipe!
Midlo Mary

Jan 25, 2011

I was so excited to see this recipe and had to try it since Doris Brearley is one of the best cooks in NYS! I lived with the Brearley family in Vestal when I was a 1st-year teacher in 1968-69. Many of her recipes are among my cherished collection of family favorites to this day! You've still got it, Mrs. B! I love you!Mary Dillon, Midlothian, VA