Category: Desserts - Cakes & Cupcakes

  Date Posted: 10/3/2009

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  Serves: makes 12servings

Streusel:
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup chopped apples
1 cup sliced almonds, pecans or walnuts (optional)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 Tbsp. butter, melted

Cake:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup orange juice

Glaze:
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 1/2 tsp. orange juice

1. Make the streusel. In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, apples, almonds, flour and cinnamon. Stir in melted butter.

2. Make the cake. Pre heat oven to 350 deg. Grease a 9 or 10 inch tube pan. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda mix well. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light an fluffy. Add eggs, one a t a time beat well after each addition. Add vanilla.

3. Set mixer to low alternately beat flour mixture and orange juice into egg mixture. Spoon half of batter into tube pan. Sprinkle with half of streusel.

4. Spoon the remaining batter over the streusel, spreading to make an even layer Swirl batter with a knife to create a marble pattern.

5. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove cake form oven sprinkle top with remaining streusel. Return cake to the oven bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack cool completely.

6. Make the glaze. Combine confectioners’ sugar and orange juice. Mix well. Turn cake out onto a serving plate invert so streusel is on top. Drizzle glaze over cake serve.

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