Cranberry bliss bar

desserts Baking sweet bake
Total: 40 min. | Active: 20 min.
vegetarian

These cranberry bliss bars are my answer to grey winter days. A crumbly pastry with a delicate hint of orange, sweet-tart cranberries and crunchy nuts, topped with a sweet cream cheese frosting. Perfect for sharing over coffee, as a little home-made gift, or simply for yourself. A recipe that's always well received and really easy to make.

Recipe by:
Lara - Vanillacrunnch

Ingredients

for 16 pieces

Batter
120 g butter, soft
100 g sugar
1 parcel vanilla sugar
1  fresh egg
1  organic orange, use grated zest only
120 g white flour
100 g dried cranberries
50 g macadamia nuts, chopped
30 g ground almonds
½ tsp ginger powder
½ tsp baking powder
Frosting
50 g white chocolate, finely chopped
200 g cream cheese, plain (room temperature)
30 g icing sugar
50 g dried cranberries, chopped

How it's done

Batter

Place the butter, sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl, mix using the whisk attachment on a mixer. Whisk in the egg and orange zest, continue to whisk until the mixture becomes lighter in colour. Combine the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the baking powder, mix in. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared tin and smooth it out.

To bake

Approx. 20 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove, allow to cool slightly. Slide with the baking paper onto a cooling rack, leave to cool.

Frosting

Melt the chocolate in a thin-sided bowl over a gently simmering bain-marie, stir until smooth. Stir in cream cheese and icing sugar. Spread the frosting over the cake, sprinkle with cranberries, and cut into approximately 12 pieces.

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