Apple Cake

 

Did you ever get the urge to bake?  I did last weekend and found this recipe printed out in our stack of new recipes to try.  We had everything on hand and I had the time. The recipe was pretty simple to make. It is really a basic coffee cake or a pound cake  recipe with slice apples and cinnamon sugar.  Serve with a side of whipped cream

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

• 2 cups plus 5 teaspoons white sugar, divided

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

• 1 cup vegetable oil

• 4 eggs, beaten

• 1/4 cup orange juice

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 3 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.Combine the cinnamon and 5 teaspoons of white sugar. Set the cinnamon sugar aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, and the remaining sugar. Stir in the vegetable oil, the beaten eggs, orange juice, and the vanilla, mixing well.

Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan.Add 1/2 of the apple slices and 1/2 of the cinnamon-sugar mixture to the tube pan on top of the batter.

Repeat the layers with the remaining batter, apples, and cinnamon sugar.

Bake until golden-brown and cooked through, when a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70-90 minutes.

Serve!