Photo: Apple Cake Recipe
Ingredients
For the apples:
- 1 1/2 pounds Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the batter:
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
Directions
Special equipment: Bundt pan
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix the apples with the lemon juice, sugar, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl and let stand while you make the batter.
Lightly whisk the eggs in a large mixing bowl. Add the oil, melted butter, sugar, vanilla and water and whisk until smooth. In a separate mixing bowl combine the flour, salt, and the baking powder. Use a whisk to mix the dry ingredients together. Gradually stir the flour mixture into the wet mixture and stir just until incorporated. Do not overmix.
Generously grease and lightly flour a Bundt pan. Pour 1/4 of the batter into the pan, and then arrange a 1/3 of the apples around the top of the batter. Make 2 more layers of apples, smoothing the batter over them after each addition. Top off with the last of the batter and smooth.
Bake about 1 hour 10 minutes, until risen, the top is nicely browned, and a sharp knife inserted in the middle of the cake comes out dry. Let cool in the pan until the cake starts to release from the sides before unmolding.
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By genao.maria54
north granby, CT
on May 17, 2013
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Easy and quickly made. I cut the sugar to 1 1/2 cup and cooking time to 1 hour. Add a little cardamom for a subtle flavor or substitute 1 teaspoon vabilla bean paste instead of plain vanilla. No fuss recipe. Everyone loves it,
By juijitsu_9650898
Tucson, AZ
on March 24, 2013
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I found the cake to be too sweet. Next time I would use only 1 cup of sugar. But other than that it was a tasty cake.
By ADMIN CUST SVC
Knoxville, TN
on May 18, 2012
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Update: Our culinary team has changed the amount of oil to 1/2 cup and added the following to the method.
GENEROUSLY grease and lightly flour a Bundt pan. Pour 1/4 of the batter into the pan, and then arrange a 1/3 of the apples around the top of the batter. Make 2 more layers of apples, smoothing the batter over them after each addition. Top off with the last of the batter and smooth.
Bake about 1 hour 10 minutes, until risen, the top is nicely browned, and a sharp knife inserted in the middle of the cake comes out dry. LET COOL IN THE PAN UNTIL THE CAKE STARTS TO RELEASE FROM THE SIDES BEFORE UNMOLDING.
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