Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars

These bars are a favorite of my grand daughter, so I couldn't be happier to find a recipe for them.

Cranberry Bliss Bars 
Starbucks Copycat Recipe

Serves 12

For cake Base:
2 sticks margarine (or butter if you want to indulge) -- softened
1 and 1/4 cups brown sugar-- packed
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup minced dried cranberries
1/4 cup Lindt or Perugina or other quality white chocolate -- coarsely chopped
1/4 cup minced candied ginger

For Frosting:
4 ounce cream cheese -- softened
1 and 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons butter -- softened
1 teaspoon vanilla

For Garnish:
2 Tablespoons minced dried cranberries
1/3 cup white chocolate chips (e.g. Ghiradelli or Guittard) -- melted

Beat butter and sugar together.   Add eggs and vanilla. Beat until fluffy. Sift together flour, ginger, and salt. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat well. Fold in the cranberries, chocolate and ginger. Spray a 13 x 9 pan with cooking spray.  Spread thick batter in pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 20 to 25 minutes or until light golden.
  Once the cake cools, mix all frosting ingredients together and spread thinly over the cake.  Sprinkle with the minced cranberries. Use a cake decorating bag, or plastic baggie with a small hole cut into the corner filled with the melted white chocolate and drizzle over the cake.
Cut this into bars right away as the chocolate will harden and make it difficult to cut well if you wait.