"Seeky" Christmas Cake

Recipe from: Mom, Erin Kay Smith Ferguson, who received from Texas neighbor, Pat Secrest (1970's).  It soon became a family tradition to always have "Seeky" Cake on Christmas morning.

Cake:

Sift together and set aside:

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

Cream well:

1/2 cup better or margarine

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

To creamed mixture, add:

3 eggs

one at a time, beating well after each.

Next, add flour mixture and beat well.

Then fold in:

1/2 pint sour cream and set aside

Topping:

Mix to crumbly mass:

6 Tbsp. butter or margarine

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup ground walnuts

1-3 tsp. cinnamon

Bake in an angel food cake pan which has been heavily greased and floured.  Fill pan as follows:

First 1/2 cake batter, then 1/2 of the topping sprinkled over it, then the other 1/2 of the cake batter and the remaining topping.

Bake at 350˚ for 50 minutes.  Cool completely in the pan before removing.  DO NOT INVERT PAN to cool.  

Wrap in foil and deliver to family, friends, and neighbors, especially at Christmas time!