Description
I’ve been making this cake for over 30 years, and always get great compliments from it. Even my sweets-hating husband likes this one. I’ve been making it for my mother’s birthday for years…it’s her favorite. It’s a dense cake with great flavor, so if you’re looking for a light, fluffy cake, this is not for you!
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 5 medium apples – peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup orange juice
- 4 large eggs
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
- Mix 5 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Add apple slices and toss to coat.
- Mix flour
- 2 cups sugar
- oil
- orange juice
- eggs
- baking powder
- salt
- and vanilla extract together in another bowl and beat until smooth and thoroughly blended. Batter will be thick.
- Place 1/2 of the batter in the prepared tube pan. Top with 1/2 of the apple slices. Add remaining batter to the pan
- and neatly arrange remaining apple slices on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 1 hour. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 12