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Classic Apple Cake
Recipes
Classic Apple Cake
12 servings
about 3 hours total (Active 20 minutes)

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 1 lemon, for juice
  • ⅓ cup honey (or ½ cup granulated sugar)
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 4 crisp, sweet apples
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Steps

    1. Place oven rack in lower third of oven; preheat oven to 350°F. Coat 10-inch Bundt (or angel food) cake pan with spray and set aside. Juice lemon (2 tablespoons); combine lemon juice, honey, and cinnamon in medium bowl. Peel, halve, and core apples, then slice thinly (4 cups); stir into honey mixture.
    2. Combine flour, sugar, oil, eggs, orange juice, baking powder, and vanilla in second medium bowl. Blend with electric mixer on MEDIUM 1 minute, then increase speed to MEDIUM-HIGH and blend 2 more minutes until well combined.
    3. Pour one-third batter into prepared pan and smooth. Arrange one-half apple slices on top of batter (do not let apple slices touch sides of pan; they will stick). Cover apple layer with one-third batter and smooth. Layer with remaining half apples and top with remaining third batter. Drizzle any juice left from apple mixture over top of batter.
    4. Place cake pan on baking sheet; bake 60–70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with moist crumbs. Remove from oven; place pan on cooling rack and let stand 10 minutes. Release cake from sides of pan with small, thin knife. Remove cake from pan and cool completely on rack (about 1 hour). Dust with powdered sugar. Serve.

Do not eat raw dough/batter.

Amount per 1⁄12 recipe serving: Calories 490, Total Fat 21g, Sat Fat 2.5g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 60mg, Sodium 130mg, Total Carb 74g, Fiber 2g, Total Sugar 47g, (Incl. 43g Added Sugars), Protein 6g, Vitamin D 0%, Calc 8%, Iron 10%, Potassium 2%