Description
A delightful holiday dessert featuring a moist cake with fresh cranberries and a crumbly sugar cookie streusel topping.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- For the streusel: ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup butter, softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, stirring until just combined.
- Gently fold in the cranberries.
- Pour the batter into the greased baking dish.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and cinnamon for the streusel.
- Cut in the softened butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Sprinkle the streusel mixture evenly over the batter.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Notes
For an extra crunchy streusel, replace half of the flour with oats. Consider adding vanilla extract or nutmeg for extra flavor.