Chocolate Cranberry Mini Loaves

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Chocolate Cranberry Mini Loaves

Mini Loaf Pan
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Ready-to-Use Rolled Fondant
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Kelly Green Icing Color
(If purchasing 'Green Fondant', disregard this coloring)
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1 Cup Sugar
Non-stick Vegetable Spray
1 Cup Vegetable Oil
3 Eggs
2 Squares (1 oz. each) Unsweetened Chocolate, Melted & Slightly Cooled
1-1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1-1/2 Teaspoons Baking Power
1-1/2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
1/4 Teaspoons Ground Nutmeg
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Cup Dried Cranberries
1/3 Cup Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray mini loaf pans with non-stick vegetable spray.
In large bowl, beat sugar, oil and eggs until thick and lemon colored.
Beat in melted chocolate and vanilla.
Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt,
mixing just until moistened.
Stir in cranberries and chocolate chips.
Divide batter among the mini loaf pans.
Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
Cool on rack 5 minutes.
Turn loaves out of the pans; cool thoroughly.
Sprinkle with Confectioners Sugar.

To decorate, tint portion of white fondant to green
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Roll out fondant following directions on the package.
Cut tree and snow shapes for each mini loaf.
Moisten back of the fondant shapes with small amount of water
and position on the mini loaf cake.

Makes 6 Mini Loaves

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