Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar

 
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maycm
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Joined: 29 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:59 pm    Post subject: Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar Reply with quote

(From topsecretrecipes.com)



Each holiday season Starbucks brings out one of its most beloved dessert recipes: A soft triangle of white chocolate and cranberry cake, covered with delicious creamy lemon frosting and dried cranberries. But, when the holidays leave us, so do the Cranberry Bliss Bars. I think you’ll really dig this update which makes 16 delicious cake bars, each at a fraction of the cost of the original.

Cake
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
2 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup diced dried cranberries
4 ounces white chocolate, cut into chunks

Frosting
4-ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup diced dried cranberries

Drizzled Icing
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons vegetable shortening


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Make cake by beating butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, ginger, vanilla, and salt and beat well. Gradually mix in flour and baking powder until smooth. Mix 3/4 cup diced dried cranberries and white chocolate into the batter by hand. Pour batter into a buttered 9x13-inch baking pan. Use a spatula to spread the batter evenly across the pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake is light brown on top. Allow cake to cool.

3. Make frosting by combining softened cream cheese, 3 cups powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. When the cake has cooled, use a spatula to spread frosting over the top of the cake.

4. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of diced cranberries over the frosting on the cake.

5. Whisk together 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and shortening. Drizzle icing over the cranberries in a sweeping motion or use a pastry bag with a fine tip to drizzle frosting across the top of the cake.

6. Cover the cake and let it chill out in the fridge for a couple hours, then slice the cake lengthwise (the long way) through the middle. Slice the cake across the width three times making a total of eight rectangular slices. Slice each of those rectangles diagonally creating 16 triangular slices.

Makes 16 bars.
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eefanincan
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yummy! These would be great for the holidays Smile
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faceless
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

that's it - I'm going to have to invent an automatic cooking system.

it will be a fairly large contraption and be called the Foodomatic. It will make me millions!
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eefanincan
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

faceless wrote:
that's it - I'm going to have to invent an automatic cooking system.

it will be a fairly large contraption and be called the Foodomatic. It will make me millions!


You're quite the entrepreneur Laughing (Ummmm, can I buy shares?)
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girldorksrule
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

faceless wrote:
that's it - I'm going to have to invent an automatic cooking system.

it will be a fairly large contraption and be called the Foodomatic. It will make me millions!


I wish you would. It would help out the people like me who gripe about grocery stores and can't cook! Sign me up for beta testing!!
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