Fresh Apple Cake (Optional - With Brown Sugar Icing)

Yum! A wonderful recipe from Gooseberry Patch from "Our Favourite Harvest Recipes" book. Easy and very good with Brown Sugar Icing, which is what was listed with this in their cookbook. Enjoy!

• Ready In: 1 hr 45 mins
• Serves: 12-15

Ingredients

• 5  baking apples, cored, peeled and sliced
• 2  teaspoons cinnamon
• 5  tablespoons sugar
• 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 4  eggs, beaten
• 1  cup  oil
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄3 cup  orange juice
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda

Directions

1. Toss apples with cinnamon and 5 tablespoons sugar; set aside.
2. Mix remaining ingredients together; blend well. Pour 1/3 of the batter into a greased and floured 10" tube pan (like a bundt cake pan); layer with half of the apples. Repeat layers and pour remaining batter on top.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours, or until a toothpick inserted in the center removes clean.
4. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes; invert tube pan and remove to cool completely.
5. Frost with Brown Sugar Icing.