Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars...

Cake

1 cup {2 sticks} unsalted sweet cream butter

1  1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed

3 eggs

1  1/2 tsp. ginger

1  1/2 tsp. vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

1  1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup diced dried cranberries

6 ounces white chocolate, cut into chunks {or 1/2 bag of white chocolate chips}

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Frosting

4-ounces softened cream cheese

3 cups powdered sugar

4 tsp lemon juice

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 c. dried cranberries

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Make cake by beating butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, ginger,

and salt, then beat well. Gradually mix in flour until smooth. Mix 3/4 cup diced dried cranberries and white chocolate

into the batter by hand. Pour batter into a well-greased 9×13-inch baking pan. Use a spatula to spread the batter evenly

across the pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the cake is light brown on the edges. Allow cake to cool completely.

3. Make frosting by combining the softened cream cheese, 3 cups powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract in

a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.

Use a spatula and spread the frosting over the top of the cooled cake.

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

Enjoy!!!

Hope your relishing your week after Christmas, we have been doing a lot of sleeping IN!!!  It's been wonderful!! Have a fabulous New Years friends.