Ginger Pound Cake with Glazed Cranberry Ambrosia

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Ginger Pound Cake with Glazed Cranberry Ambrosia

 

Recipe By :Southern Living

Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2/3 cup butter or margarine -- softened

1 cup sugar

3 large eggs

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup milk

2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

GLAZED CRANBERRY AMBROSIA:

1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries -- thawed

1/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger

1 tablespoon grated orange rind

5 oranges -- peeled & sectioned

 

BEAT butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy;

gradually add sugar, and beat 5 to 7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating

just until yellow disappears.

 

COMBINE flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with

milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until

blended after each addition. Stir in ginger and vanilla. Pour batter into a

greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loafpan.

 

BAKE at 325° for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in

center comes out clean. Cool in a pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from

pan, and cool completely on wire rack.

 

Serve with Glazed Cranberry Ambrosia.

Yield: 1 (9-inch) loaf.

 

GLAZED CRANBERRY AMBROSIA:

 

COMBINE first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan; cover and cook over medium heat

2 minutes. Uncover and cook, stirring constantly, 3 more minutes or until

cranberry skins pop. Remove from heat, and stir in orange rind. Cool 15 minutes.

 

STIR in orange sections, and chill 8 hours.

 

Yield: 2 1/2 cups

 

Source:

" http://www.southernliving.com (photo available on site) "

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 311 Calories; 12g Fat (34.1% calories

from fat); 5g Protein; 47g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 76mg Cholesterol;

342mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fruit;

0 Non-Fat Milk; 2 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26076 0 0 902928 0 26076 0 0