Budapest Coffee Cake

Nut filling -

3/4 cup dark brown sugar - firmly packed
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon powdered unsweetened cocoa
2-3 Tablespoons currants or raisins, coarsely chopped
1 cup toasted walnuts, finely chopped

Cake batter -

3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, large
2 cups sour cream

beginning with cake batter, alternate layers of batter with nut filling - 4 cake batter layers and 3 nut filling layers

grease and flour Bundt pan - oven 375 degrees - 50 to 60 minutes

Glaze -

2 cups confectioner�s sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-3 Tablespoons hot milk

mix - to be as thick as cream sauce
pour over warm unmolded cake

AUTHOR: Jersey Jan