Cocoa Swirl Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 c. flour
    2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
    1/4 c. shortening
    2/3 c. orange juice
    3/4 c. powdered sugar
    1/4 c. cocoa
    3/4 c. + 2 Tbsp. sugar
    3/4 tsp. salt
    2 eggs, slightly beaten
    1 tsp. grated orange peel
    1/2 c. chopped nuts
    3 Tbsp. melted butter
Preparation
    Combine
    flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in mixing bowl. Cut
    in
    shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse
    crumbs.
    Add
    eggs,
    orange juice and peel; stir
    just until blended.
    Set batter aside.
    Combine powdered sugar, nuts and cocoa in a small bowl.\tStir in melted butter to
    form\ta crumb
    mixture.
    Spread
    3/4
    cup reserved batter evenly on bottom
    of\ta greased 8-inch pan.
    Sprinkle half of crumb
    mixture over
    batter.
    Spread
    with one cup batter and sprinkle
    with remaining crumb mixture.
    Cover with remaining batter.
    Bake
    at 350\u00b0
    for
    35
    to
    40 minutes or until cake tester\tinserted
    in center
    comes out clean.
    Cool slightly; spread with Orange Glaze. serve warm.

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