Apple Streusel Cake

Ingredients

Streusel

• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped apple
• 1 cup sliced almonds or pecans or walnuts
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons melted butter

Cake

• 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

Glaze

• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons orange juice

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. 2

   Grease a 9 or 10-inch bundt pan.

3. 3

   Streusel: Combine brown sugar, almonds, flour and cinnamon.

4. 4

   Stir in melted butter; set aside.

5. 5

   In a separate medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda.

6. 6

   Mix well.

7. 7

   In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric mixer until fluffy.

8. 8

   Add eggs one at a time; beat after each addition; add vanilla.

9. 9

   Set mixer to low.

10. 10

    Alternately beat flour mixture and orange juice into egg mixture.

11. 11

    Put half of the cake batter into the bundt pan.

12. 12

    Add half of the streusel.

13. 13

    Spoon and spread remaining batter over struesel.

14. 14

    Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and add remaining streusel.

15. 15

    Bake 35-40 minutes more.

16. 16

    When completely cool, remove from pan and glaze with icing (a zig-zag pattern looks very nice!).