German Apple Cake
Serves: 12Ingredients:
- 5 baking or cooking apples
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 cups flour
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoons soft margarine or butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/2 tablespoons water
Steps:
- 1. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube or bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Peel apples, core and thinly slice. In bowl, toss apple slices with 5 tbl. sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon; set aside.
3. In large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, salt, eggs, oil, vanilla, orange juice, baking soda and baking powder.
- 4. With mixer, blend together on low speed for one minute.
5. Clean down the sides of bowl with scraper. Increase speed to medium and blend for 3 minutes. You will have very thick dough.
- 6. Fill prepared pan with alternating layers of batter and apples. Make a total of 3 batter layers and 2 apple layers. Start and finish with batter.
7. Bake for 1.5 - 1.75 hours or until cake tests done.
- 8. Cool on rack for 10 minutes, then invert cake, remove pan. Allow cake to cool on rack.
9. Make glaze - Mix confectioner's sugar, butter, vanilla and water until smooth and drizzle on cooled cake.