Mom's Apple Cake

Smitten Kitchen

Category

Yummy Dessert

Apples were plentiful at the Farmers Markets. I had so many apples I did not know what to do with them! I made apple sauce, apple kuchen, apple crisp and then I saw the recipe for Mom’s Apple Cake. It looked delicious so I decided to give it a try!

Ingredients

    For the apples

    • 6 apples - I used Granny Smiths and Empire Apples
    • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
    • 5 tablespoons granulated sugar

    For the cake

    • 2 3/4 cups flour
    • 1 tablespoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon fine sea or table salt
    • 1 cup vegetable oil
    • 2 cups granulated sugar
    • 1/4 cup orange juice
    • 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 4 large eggs

    Directions

    1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a tube pan. Peel, core and chop apples into 1-inch chunks. Toss with cinnamon and 5 tablespoons sugar and set aside.

    2. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, orange juice, sugar, vanilla and eggs.

    3. Mix wet ingredients into dry ones; scrape down the bowl to ensure all ingredients are incorporated.

    4. Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Spread half of apples (and their juices) over it.

    5. Pour the remaining batter over the apples and arrange the remaining apples on top.

    6. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until a tester comes out clean.*

    7. Cool completely before running the knife between cake and pan, and unmolding onto a platter.