Cranberry Sauce Coffee Cake

Now that we are almost a full week past Thanksgiving, I am sure most of you are on the tail end of your leftovers. If you are anything like me, the sight of more turkey may just make you spontaneously combust. Being a food blogger, we started early like November 1st kind of early. Since then, we have had the full meal followed by at least a week of leftovers 3 times. Not that I’m not thankful, because I am beyond words, I just am ready for some red meat!!!

One thing that I have noticed is that cranberry sauce always seems to outlast the other leftovers. Perhaps it’s because I am the only one that enjoys it on my Turkey sandwiches or maybe it is because I always make so much because it makes my house smell amazing while cooking. Either way, I always have a ton leftover.

Last year, I made a delicious Leftover Cranberry Sauce Orange Cake that was quite the hit. My normal cranberry sauce hating kids seem to no longer have a problem when it is sandwiched between buttery sugary cake layers. Who can blame them right?

This year I decided to put the extra sauce into some coffee cake. The tart sauce was a perfect compliment to the nutmeg and cinnamon sprinkled coffee cake. I may go as far as saying this was better than last year’s cranberry sauce leftover redesign. It’s perfect with a cup of coffee or as an afternoon snack. Enjoy!

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Cranberry Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons melted butter
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk , room temperature
• 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup cranberry sauce

Topping

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup light-brown sugar , firmly packed
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter , melted

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In in a bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt.
3. In the bowl of your mixer, beat 8 tablespoons melted butter, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla extract until combined.
4. Stir in flour mixture.
5. Pour 1/2 batter into baking dish.
6. Spoon dollops of cranberry sauce all over batter.
7. Pour remaining batter over cranberry sauce.
8. To make the topping, combine the flour, 1 cup melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Mix until small clumps form.
9. Sprinkle topping over the batter.
10. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a knife is inserted and comes out clean.