Mom's Apple Cake
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Ingredients
- 6 apples, mix of different apples
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 5 tablespoons (65 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 3/4 cups (360 grams) flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon fine sea or table salt
- 1 cup (235 ml) vegetable oil (safflower, sunflower, olive, coconut oil, or melted butter)
- 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) orange juice
- 2 1/2 teaspoons (13 ml) vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup (130 grams) walnuts, chopped (optional)
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Preparation
Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a tube pan.
Step 2
Peel, core, and chop apples into 1-inch chunks.
Step 3
Toss apples with cinnamon and 5 tablespoons sugar and set aside.
Step 4
Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
Step 5
In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, orange juice, sugar, vanilla, and eggs.
Step 6
Mix wet ingredients into dry ones; scrape down the bowl to ensure all ingredients are incorporated.
Step 7
Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan.
Step 8
Spread half of the apples (and their juices) over the batter.
Step 9
Pour the remaining batter over the apples and arrange the remaining apples on top.
Step 10
Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until a tester comes out clean.
Step 11
Cool completely before running a knife between cake and pan, and unmolding onto a platter.
Step 12
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Chef's notes
The cake improves over a day or two as the apple juices seep further into the cake.
Be sure to check for uncooked pockets of batter near the top by inserting the tester just below the top layer of apples.
Cover the cake with foil if it browns too fast before the center is baked through.
