Hi Micha,

I am absolutely in love with the Cranberry Bliss bars at Starbucks, which is why I am here looking! This recipe appears pretty close, except there is a spice missing, I know that already because I can distinctly taste it in the bar. I am going to experiment a bit and see what I can find. In the meantime, here is the recipe I just found:

Cranberry Bliss Bar

Cake
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup diced dried cranberries
6 ounces white chocolate, cut into chunks

Frosting
4-ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup diced dried cranberries

Drizzled Icing
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons vegetable shortening

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Make cake by beating butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer until smooth.
Add eggs, vanilla, ginger, and salt and beat well. Gradually mix in flour until smooth.
Mix 3/4 cup diced dried cranberries and white chocolate into the batter by hand.
Pour batter into a well-greased 9x13-inch baking pan. Use a spatula to spread the batter evenly across the pan.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake is light brown on the edges.
Allow cake to cool.
. Make frosting by combining softened cream cheese,
3 cups powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract in a medium bowl
with an electric mixer until smooth. When the cake has cooled, use a spatula
to spread frosting over the top of the cake.
Sprinkle 1/4 cup of diced cranberries over the frosting on the cake.
Whisk together 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and shortening.
Drizzle icing over the cranberries in a sweeping motion across the top of the cake.
Allow cake to sit for several hours, then slice the cake lengthwise (the long way)
through the middle. Slice the cake across the width three times making a total of eight rectangular slices.
Slice each of those rectangles diagonally creating 16 triangular slices.


Can't wait to try it!

Valerie