Apple Streusel Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped apple
• 1 cup sliced almonds or 1 cup pecans or 1 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons orange juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease a 9 or 10-inch bundt pan.
• 3 streusel: combine brown sugar, almonds, flour and cinnamon.
• 4 stir in melted butter; set aside.
• 5 in a separate medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 in a large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric mixer until fluffy.
• 8 add eggs one at a time; beat after each addition; add vanilla.
• 9 set mixer to low.
• 10 alternately beat flour mixture and orange juice into egg mixture.
• 11 put half of the cake batter into the bundt pan.
• 12 add half of the streusel.
• 13 spoon and spread remaining batter over struesel.
• 14 bake for 15 minutes. remove from oven and add remaining streusel.
• 15 bake 35-40 minutes more.
• 16 when completely cool, remove from pan and glaze with icing (a zig-zag pattern looks very nice!).