Inexpensive Cranberry Lemon Cake
¼ cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup milk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat egg and add to creamed mixture. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternatively with the milk to the first mixture. Add flavoring. Pour into greased pan, 8 x 8 x 2″, and spread the following topping evenly and lightly over the top of the batter.
Cranberry Topping
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
Dash nutmeg
⅓ cup walnut meats, broken
⅔ cup Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce, diced
Mix sugar and lemon rind well. Add spices and walnut meats. Add cranberry sauce last, just before spreading. Bake in a moderate oven 350°F. for 50 minutes, or until cake is done.