MOM'S FAVORITE JEWISH APPLE CAKE

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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!

Provided by Judy in Delaware

Time 2h35m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 11

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

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 484.5 calories, Carbohydrate 72.2 g, Cholesterol 62 mg, Fat 20.3 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 340.4 mg, Sugar 45.6 g