Cranberry Sauce Cake Recipe

Great dessert for your family meal.

• Meal Type: Cake
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: Over 1 hour, less than 1 day

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) can cranberry sauce
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
• Grated rind of one orange
• 1/2 cup orange juice

Directions

1. Reserve 1/4 cup cranberry sauce for frosting. Sift together dry ingredients. Add remaining cranberry sauce, nuts, mayonnaise and orange rind. Mix well. Stir in orange juice. Grease a 9 x 3 1/2-inch tube pan. Line bottom with wax paper. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/4 hours.
2. Cranberry Frosting
   3 tablespoons margarine
   2 cups unsifted confectioners' sugar
   1/4 cup reserved cranberry sauce
3. Beat all ingredients until smooth. Spread over cake.