Apple Cake!

Sharing a delicious and easy apple cake that has apples neatly tucked inside! A perfect winter cake to serve for dessert…or just because:)

Apple Cake

(From SmittenKitchen)

6 apples, recipe calls for McIntosh apples, I used Fuji
1 tablespoon cinnamon
5 tablespoons sugar

2 3/4 cups flour, sifted (I did not sift:)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a tube pan ( I made this cake into two 8″ round cakes and it was great!) Peel, core and chop apples into chunks. Toss with cinnamon and sugar and set aside.

Stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, orange juice, sugar and vanilla. Mix wet ingredients into the dry ones, then add eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the bowl to ensure all ingredients are incorporated.

Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Spread half of apples over it. Pour the remaining batter over the apples and arrange the remaining apples on top. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool completely before running knife between cake and pan, and unmolding onto a platter.