I conveniently realized that a cake baked in a 9" square pan becomes two large pieces of cake once stacked and sliced. How many life occasions do you need just two slices of cake? On Mondays? On Fridays for celebrating? Everyday? Let’s stick with everyday. Baking a 9" cake from a cake mix requires 2 cups of cake mix. (To use the remaining 1 cup of cake mix from the box, try my Frosted Eggnog Cookies). The dreamy part of this cake is the rich cranberry butter. I made my crockpot cranberry butter, and instantly knew that it should be slathered between light, fluffy vanilla cake layers. And the cream cheese vanilla frosting? Well, it’s my go-to during the holiday season. I happen to think dairy makes almost any recipe better. Butter, cream, sour cream, cream cheese–who’s with me? But, sometimes don’t be like me—grease your pan: Thanks to Audra for the cranberry butter recipe.The amount of frosting that this makes is only enough to cover what you see in the photo. You can double the recipe for enough frosting to cover the entire cake.
