German Apple Cake
Submitted by tutfruti on September 25, 2010 at 8:55 pm
DESCRIPTION
This is a delicious moist cake with the wonderful combination of apples and cinnamon tucked in the batter.
SUMMARY
Yield 10 1 Source my friend Ellenann Mcneal shared this with me. File under cakes
INGREDIENTS
3-4 apples, peeled and sliced
3 TBSP brown sugar
1 TBSP cinnamon
combine and set aside
Cake:
3 cups flour
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 tsp baking poweder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup cooking oil ( I use canola)
4 large eggs
1/2 cup real orange juice
2 1/2 tsp vanilla
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In medium bowl mix all the dry ingredients. In another bowl combine oil, eggs, orange juice and vanilla. Combine wet and dry ingredients until combined.
grease and flour either a bundt pan or spring form ring pan. Pour half the cake batter into prepared pan. Add apples by layering them on the cake batter making sure not to let the apples touch the sides of the pan. Pour the remaining batter over the apples. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 50-60 minutes. Put a pan of boiling water on the rack under the cake in the oven. Check cake for doneness at 50 minutes. When done, remove cake and set on a rack to cool before removing from the pan.
This is good served with a sprinkling of powdered sugar or you can make a maple or vanilla icing to drizzle over the top.