APPLE STREUSEL CAKE

I had totally forgotten this recipe.

It is one of my all time favorites.

Every time Mother and Daddy came to visit,

I would have this apple cake warm from the oven

to serve them with a cup of coffee.

I got this recipe as part of our wedding gift

from Ms. Tommie Booth, our backyard neighbor

in Jackson. She was just precious....

Tommie would invite us over for her infamous

coconut cake, iced tea or this apple streusel cake

and we would sit at her kitchen table and talk for a few hours.

She also made the cutest little doll clothes.

She was an avid gardener too.

She and mother would be out tending to their rose bushes

and talk over the fence most everyday.

She gave me a lovely cookbook, kitchen utensils and some

of her best recipes when I married.

I will always remember her and love her! 

APPLE STREUSEL CAKE

1 (20- ounce) can Apple Pie Filling

2 t. Cinnamon

1 cup packed Brown Sugar

1 cup chopped walnuts

3 cups Flour

1 cup Sugar

1 ½ cup Milk

½ cup Butter, softened

3 t. Baking Powder

1 t. Salt

3 Eggs

3 T. Butter, melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease a 13 X 9 baking dish

Combine Pie Filling and Cinnamon and set aside. Combine Brown Sugar and Nuts and set aside. In large bowl combine Flour, Sugar, Milk, ½ cup Butter, Baking Powder, Salt, & Eggs. Mix on low 30 seconds beat on medium 2 minutes. Pour ½ Batter into prepared pan. Spoon ½ Pie Filling evenly over batter. Spread ½ Brown Sugar mixture evenly over pie filling. Add remaining Batter to pan and spread remaining Pie Filling over top. Mix 3 Tbsp. melted Butter with remaining Brown Sugar mixture. Spread evenly over top of cake.

Bake 45-50 minutes until tester comes out clean.     

THE GLAZE

1 ½ cup Powdered Sugar

2 T. Butter

1 ½ t. Vanilla

4-5 t. hot Water

Combine all ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over cake 20 minutes out of oven