Apple Streusel Cake

Streusel

1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup apple, chopped
1 cup almonds, pecans or walnuts-slided
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons butter, melted
Mix and set aside

Cake

2 cup all-purpose flor
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup butter
½ cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
½ teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup orange juice

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time.  Beat well after each, add vanilla.  Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda.  Add to creamed mixture.  Mix in orange juice.  Spoon ½ the batter into tube pan.  Sprinkle with ½ of the streusel.  Spoon remaining batter and spread a layer of streusel over the top, reserve some for the final topping.  Using a knife, swirl batter to create a marble pattern.  Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.  Bake for 15 minutes.  Remove cake from oven and sprinkle remaining streusel on top.  Return to oven and bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, about 30-35 minutes.  Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Glaze

½ cup confectioner’s sugar
2 ½ teaspoons orange juice.

Combine sugar and orange juice.  Drizzle over cooled cake

Note: Yummy