Philadelphia Jewish Apple Cake
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 6 cups peeled thinly sliced apples (about 3 large apples or 6 small apples)
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 cups flour, sifted
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 1⁄2 cup orange juice
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional) or 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
directions
- Mix apple slices with cinnamon and 1 cup sugar; set aside.
- Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl; set aside.
- Beat eggs with 1 1/2 cups sugar and light brown sugar.
- Alternately add the dry ingredients and the oil to the wet ingredients, then add the orange juice and lastly the vanilla and beat for 1 minute.
- Pour 1/3rd of the batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
- Layer 1/3rd of the apple slices and nuts over the batter.
- Repeat with layer of batter, then apples and nuts, then batter, then final layer of apples and nuts.
- Drizzle the cake with a bit of the remaining cinnamon-sugar "syrup" from the apple bowl.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/4 hours or until tester comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in pan on wire rack for 20-25 minutes, then turn cake out onto wire rack to cool completely.
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Reviews
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Very good. I used a scant measure of orange juice and replaced a quarter cup of oil with the same amount of applesauce. Since my oven runs hot I bumped the temperature down to 340 degrees and the cake was done in an hour. Next time I will drizzle less syrup on the top since it made the top a little doughy. I will increase the salt by about a quarter teaspoon too.
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My South Philadelphia dad (RIP) was one of those "make-weekend-breakfast" cooks, with backyard grilling thrown in. But when I moved out, he tried new things. This was one of his specialities. I still have his hand-written, batter-stained recipe—which friends and family have requested copies of over the years—and the recipe on this site is the same one he used. A dense, delicious, true "comfort food" cake.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
LizCl
Holland, 78