Cranberry Coffee Cake – Simmer + Sauce

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Bourbon vanilla bean seeds or 1 vanilla bean scrapped
• 2 cups frozen cranberries, thawed
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cup, plus 1 tablespoon, of unsalted butter, softened, divided
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup confectioners sugar, for dusting