German Apple Cake


Serves:  12

Ingredients:

  • 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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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Calico Inn...your home away from home. Bed and Breakfast
Calico Inn...your home away from home.
757 Ranch Way
Sevierville TN 37862
USA
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