Jewish Apple Cake

Rita~'s Note:

This is a nice way to bring in the fall! Apples and cinnamon. Regular sugar can be used in place of vanilla sugar. Pears would work great oin this.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 4 medium apples , peeled, cored
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 6 tablespoons vanilla sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1⁄8; teaspoon ground cardamom
• 2 ¾ cups sifted flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups vanilla sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 1⁄3; cup orange juice

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
3. Slice apples thinly, mix with lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon and cardamom; set aside.
4. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Beat eggs until foamy.
5. Gradually beat in sugar, until mixture is thick and fluffy. Slowly pour oil into egg mixture, while beating continuously, mix until well blended. Add dry ingredients 1/3 at a time, alternating with orange juice, beating with a wooden spoon until smooth.
6. Pour 1/3 of the batter into the pan.
7. Drain the liquid from the apples and arrange half of the slices on top of the batter. Add another 1/3 of the batter, then the rest of.
8. apples, and finally top with the remaining 1/3 of the batter.
9. Bake for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until cake springs back when touched. Cool thoroughly before removing from the pan.
10. Dust with powdered sugar.

Reviews

[gwynn]

This was ok for us. Probably won't make it again. Thanks for posting.

[Fairy Nuff]

Rita this is a delicious cake. I followed your directions though I don't have a tube pan so I used a nut-loaf pan and an ordinary 8" pan. I took a third of the batter and mixed in some of the apples and poured into the nut-loaf pan. For the plain pan I spread half of the remaining batter in , layered most of the apples on top, spread with the rest of the batter and then topped with the remaining apples. The nut-loaf tin was ready in 35 minutes and the other in 1 hour.....both turned out beautifully. Love the cardamom in the cake - it really complements the cinnamon and apple. This is a versatile cake - it could be morning/afternoon tea or it could be dessert. Delicious.