Cranberry Almond Pound Cake Recipe

For as long as I can remember, I've had a love affair with desserts that are flavored with almond. It might be my German roots, but I have a particular weakness fondness for marzipan. Whenever I see a recipe that pairs cherries and almond, I usually bookmark it for when that almond craving hits. I also learned to appreciate that cranberries and almond are another tasty combination, when I found a family favorite recipe for Cranberry-Almond Granola.

Shortly after Christmas, I had set aside the remaining half of a bar of almond paste that I used to make an Easy German Stollen-- I was waiting for an excuse to use it. I had good fortune, when one of my favorite blogs that I follow, "2 Stews", posted a recipe for a Cranberry…