Norman
MacEwan once said: "We make a living by what we get, but we
make a life by what we give." This is the perfect cake to
wrap in cellophane. With a big bow and a package of freshly
ground coffee, this is a little way we can show we care.
Crumbs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup
graham cracker crumbs
1/2
cup dark brown sugar
1/3
cup chopped pecans
1/2
teaspoon ground cinnamon
Confectioners' Glaze
2 cups confectioners' sugar
3
tablespoons fat-free milk
1/4
teaspoon vanilla extract
Cake
2 cups all-purpose flour
1
teaspoon baking powder
1
teaspoon baking soda
1/2
cup butter
1/2
cup granulated sugar
3
large eggs
1
teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3
cup fat-free milk
1.
Preheat the oven to 350
. Butter and flour a 9 1/2 x 3
1/4-
inch
nonstick fluted tube/Bundt pan.
2. Crumbs:
In a medium bowl, mix melted butter, graham
cracker crumbs, brown sugar,
pecans and cinnamon. Set aside
for
later use.
3. Glaze:
In a small bowl, mix the confectioners' sugar with the
milk
and vanilla. Set aside.
4. Cake:
In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder
and baking soda; set aside. In a large
bowl, use a mixer to
cream butter and sugar, then beat in
eggs and vanilla.
Alternately beat in flour mixture and
milk;
beginning
and ending with the flour.
5. Pour half the
batter into the prepared pan; sprinkle with half
the
crumb mixture. Top with the remaining batter and the rest
of
the crumb mixture.
6. Bake in the
preheated oven for 35 minutes. Turn out onto
baking
sheet and then turn the cake onto serving plate.
Immediately
drizzle icing over the upside-down cake.
7. After the icing
sets, this cake may be wrapped in clear
cellophane
on a doily for a present. Don't forget the big bow.
Makes
16 servings
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