Nutty Graham Picnic Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup finely crushed graham cracker crumbs (14 squares)
• 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 butter, softened
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 8 teaspoons half-and-half cream or 8 teaspoons milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or a 12-cup bundt pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, mix all cake ingredients, except the nuts, beat for 3 minutes at medium speed.
• 4 stir in nuts by hand.
• 5 spoon batter into prepared baking pans.
• 6 bake for 40-60 minutes, or until cake test done.
• 7 cool in pan for 15 minutes, run knife around the edges, lift off and remove from sides, or invert (if using a bundt pan).
• 8 for glaze: in a small saucepan, combine 4 tbsp brown sugar, milk and butter, cook over low heat just until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly.
• 9 remove from heat.
• 10 stir in icing sugar, blend until smooth.
• 11 drizzle over cake; sprinkle with nuts.