Ingredients
3 cup unbleached flour
2 cup sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1 pinch of salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup regular margarine
2 large eggs, well beaten
12 oz pet milk (1 can)
1 tsp vanilla extract
TOPPING
1/2 cup cake crumbs from the cake
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1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Sift the dry ingredients togher into a bowl. Add the margarine and
butter then beat with an electric mixer ot make crumbs. Reserve 1/2
cup of the crumbs for the topping. Add the milk, eggs and vanilla
extract to the remaining crumbs and blend well. Make the topping.
Grease a bundt pan well and put about 1/3 of the topping in the pan
spreading evenly over the bottom. Add 1/3 of the batter and spread
evenly over the topping. Add all of the remaining topping except 2
Tbls of the topping to the top of the batter. Top with the reamining
batter spreading evenly. Top with the 2 Tbls of topping sprinkling
evenly over the top of the cake. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F.
oven for 45 minutes or until the cake tests done. Cool on a wire
rack.
From The Food Fare Section Rocky Mountain News September 3, 1986
Servings: 12 servings
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