CRANBERRY FESTIVAL CAKE 
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 egg
3/4 c. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. halved cranberries (the more the better!)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, beating until thoroughly blended. Stir the vanilla into the milk. Add milk mixture to egg mixture, mix thoroughly. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Add dry ingredients to liquid mixture, alternating liquid mixture to creamed mixture. Mixing well after each addition. Fold in cranberries. Pour batter into greased 8x8-inch cake pan. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake 45 to 50 minutes in 350°F oven.

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Cranberry Festival Cake
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 Nancy Campbell (Georgia) says:
Thanks to whoever put this up here, it's an old family recipe that I'm always having to call one of my sisters for because I keep losing it. Not to be nitpicky, but you have a couple of minor mistakes in the instructions. After you add the egg to the creamed mixture and add the vanilla to the milk, don't combine them yet. Sift the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl, then alternately add the dry ingredients and liquid ingredients to the creamed mixture, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Then follow the rest of the instructions. My 3 sisters and I used to make the 9 x 13 version when we were kids, it didn't last very long even at that size. Thanks again for putting it up.

 

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