Ingredients
Streusel
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1 cup
light brown sugar
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1/2 cup
sliced almonds
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1/2 cup
walnuts, chopped fine
( or pecans)
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1/4 cup
all-purpose flour
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3 tablespoons
butter, melted
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1 teaspoon
orange peel
Cake
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2 cups
all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/2 cup
butter, softened
( 1 stick)
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1/2 cup
sugar
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3
eggs
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1 teaspoon
orange peel
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1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
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2/3 cup
orange juice
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1 cup
blueberries, lightly tossed in flour to coat
( or raisins tossed in flour to coat)
Glaze
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1 cup
confectioners' sugar
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1 tablespoon
orange juice
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F Grease and flour a bundt pan, set aside. In a medium bowl, mix all streusel ingredients and set aside. (NOTE: We yielded 2 cups of streusel).
- MAKE THE CAKE:In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and baking soda and set that aside. Have the measured orange juice ready also.
- In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed beat together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in zest and vanilla.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and alternately beat flour mixture and orange juice into egg mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Gently fold in blueberries (or raisins). (NOTE: When we made this using raisins, it yielded just over 4 cups of batter).
- Spoon half of the cake batter into prepared bundt pan. Sprinkle with half of the streusel mixture. Top with the remaining cake batter and then streusel. Bake for about 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool for 10-15 minutes. While cake is cooling, stir together glaze ingredients in a small bowl until smooth. When cake has cooled, invert onto a serving plate. When cooled to room temperature (about 20 more minutes), drizzle with the glaze.