I got this recipe oncewith a note saying: "Here is a recipe we tried the other day. It was delicious!!"

It was from Elmer and Gene Brown in Santa Rosa, CA. Elmer, sadly, has since passed away. But Gene is fine and probably still making Cape Cod Cranberry Nut Bread.

 

Cape Cod Cranberry Nut Cake

1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp almond extract
1 cup chopped walnuts (divided)
1 16 oz. can of whole-berry cranberry sauce

Icing
3/4 cup of confectioners' sugar
1 tbs warm water
1/2 tsp almond extract

1. Cream butter and sugar gradually.
2. Add unbeaten eggs 1 at a time.
3. Add baking powder, soda, flour and salt. Add to egg mixture alternately with the sour cream. Add extract and 1/2 cup walnuts.
4. Grease and flour well a bundt cake pan.
5. Place a layer of batter in the bottom of the pan. Add 1/2 can of cranberry sauce and spread evenly over batter.
6. Add remaining batter, the spread remaining cranberry sauce on top of the batter. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup walnuts.

7. Bake in a 350 degrees oven for 55 minutes. Remove from pan after cooling for 5 minutes.

8. To make icing, mix sugar, water and extract.
9. Remove cake from pan and drizzle icing over top of cake and let it run down the sides.
  ( Gene and Elmer: We used only one-half of icing recipe.)