BEST-EVER APPLE CAKE

BEST-EVER APPLE CAKE image

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

3/4 c. chopped pecans
3 c. flour
2 c. sugar
2 t. cinnamon
4 large baking apples, peeled, cored, sliced
1 T. baking powder
1 t. salt.
4 large eggs
1/2 c. veg.oil
1/2 c. butter - 1 stick, melted
1/4 c. orange juice
2 t. vanilla

Steps:

Heat oven to 350* Spray a 10 in. removable bottom tube pan with spray. Sprinkle pecans evenly on bottom. In large bowl, mix 2 T. flour, 1/4 c. sugar, and cinnamon. Add apples, toss to combine. In another bowl, mix remaining flour, remaining sugar, and salt. Add eggs, oil, butter, o.j., and vanilla. Beat until batter is smooth. Pour half the batter into pan. Top with half the apple mixture. Spoon remaining batter over apples, placing them 1/4 inch from the tube and border of the cake. Bake 1 hour and 20 min., or until tester comes out clean. Let cake cook on rack for 30 min. Run paring knife around sides and center of cake and turn cake out onto wire rack. Invert cake onto another rack to cool, apple side up.