Cranberry Sauce Cake

Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 16 ounces whole cranberry sauce, divided
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
• 2 tablespoons grated orange rind
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups sifted powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Sift flour, sugar, baking soda and salt into mixing bowl.
3. Reserve 1/4 cup cranberry sauce. Mix remcining cranberry sauce, pecans, mayonnaise, orange rind and orange juice into dry ingredients; stir well.
4. Turn into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan.
5. Bake for 45 minutes.
6. While cake bakes, mix the reserved 1/4 cup cranberry sauce, butter and powdered sugar until creamy. Spread on warm cake.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 543 Calories; 25 g Fat (39.3% calories from fat); 4 g Protein; 81 g Carbohydrate; 2 g Dietary Fiber; 12 mg Cholesterol; 418 mg Sodium

Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain (Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 3 Fat; 4 Other Carbohydrates

Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review 12/18/2002