Jewish Apple Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 cups peeled apples, thinly sliced
• 5 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 2/3 cup white sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ready Time: 3 hrs 50 mins


• preheat an oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan.
• mix apples, 5 tablespoons sugar, and 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon in a bowl and set aside. beat the oil and 2 cups of sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl. add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the sugar mixture before adding the next. beat in the vanilla and 1/4 cup of orange juice with the last egg. combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl and stir into the sugar mixture; mixing until just incorporated. pour half of the batter into the prepared tube pan. layer the apple mixture on top, then pour the remaining batter over the apples.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 25 minutes. allow cake to cool completely in the pan before removing.
• to make glaze: combine butter, 1/3 cup of orange juice, and 2/3 cup of sugar in a bowl. pour over the warm cake while still in the pan.