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Serves: 16
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Esther Tomich - San Pedro, California
Bake-Off® Contest 28, 1978 Grand Prize Winner
The growing interest in whole grains and homespun foods in the 1970s was reflected in Bake-Off® entries. So it's not surprising that a great-tasting cake that included crushed graham crackers, orange juice and nuts would gain the approval of Bake-Off® judges.
CAKE
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (14 squares) finely crushed graham crackers or graham cracker crumbs
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
3 eggs
1 cup chopped nuts
GLAZE
2 tablespoons brown sugar
5 teaspoons milk
1 tablespoon margarine or butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup chopped nuts
Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan or 10-inch tube pan. In large bowl, combine all cake ingredients except nuts; beat 3 minutes at medium speed. By hand, stir in 1 cup nuts. Pour batter into greased and floured pan.
Bake at 350°F. for 40 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool upright in pan 15 minutes; invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.
In small saucepan, combine 2 tablespoons brown sugar, milk and 1 tablespoon margarine; cook over low heat just until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar; blend until smooth. Drizzle over cake; sprinkle with 1/4 cup nuts.
HIGH ALTITUDE - Above 3,500 feet: No change.
Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 370; Protein 5g; Carbohydrate 47g; Fat 20g; Sodium 440m
PICTURE: Top to bottom: Nutty Graham Picnic Cake, Streusel Spice Cake
From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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