Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar Recipe

This is a copycat of Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar Recipe sent to me by Nancy W. from Bozeman, Montana.

I've never been in a Starbucks and I haven't even tried the recipe so I don't know how close it actually comes.

Give it a try and let me know what you think and how it compares to the real thing at Starbucks.

Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar Recipe

2 sticks butter - softened
1 and 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup minced dried cranberries
1/4 cup high quality white chocolate -- coarsely chopped
1/4 cup minced candied ginger

4 ounce cream cheese - softened
1 and 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons butter - softened
1 teaspoon vanilla

2 Tablespoons minced dried cranberries
1/3 cup white chocolate chips - melted

Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a 9x13 pan.

Beat butter and sugar together for the cake base, and add eggs/vanilla beating until fluffy. Sift together flour, ginger, and salt and then add to the butter/sugar mixture beating well. Fold in the cranberries, chocolate and ginger. Spread thick batter in pan and bake for about 20 minutes or until light golden.

When cake is cooled, mix all frosting ingredients together and spread a thin layer over the cake. Immediately sprinkle with the minced cranberries. Then use a cake decorating bag of melted white chocolate with a tiny decorating tip (like the size used for writing on cakes) and drizzle the chocolate over the cake.

Cut this into bars immediately because the white chocolate hardens pretty fast and makes cake cutting messy.

This Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar recipe will easily serve 15 people.