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German Apple Cake

// October 6th, 2007 // Recipes

I know Ben is probably shaking his head that I am making his former blog a girly blog at times, but those of you who know me know that I love to cook and find new recipes. I recently came across this blog that offers a platform to share holiday seasonal recipes.

So, here is a wonderful recipe to use for the upcoming fall season and holidays.

German Apple Cake

• 5 baking apple or cooking apples
• 5 Tbl sugar
• 2 Tsp cinnamon
• 3 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
• 2-1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 1-1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1-1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 2 Tbl soft margarine or soft butter
• 1-1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1-2 Tbl water

The italicized ingredients are for glaze.

1. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube or bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Peel apples, core and thinly slice. In bowl, toss apple slices with 5 Tbl sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon; set aside.
3. In large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, salt, eggs, oil, vanilla, orange juice, baking soda and baking powder.
4. With mixer, blend together on low speed for one minute.
5. Clean down side of bowl with scraper. Increase speed to medium and blend for three minutes. You will have very thick dough.
6. Fill prepared pan with alternating layer batter and apples. Make total of 3 batter layers and 2 apple layers. Start and finish with batter.
7. Bake for 1-1/2 t0 1-3/4 hours or until cake tests clean (I put a pan on the rack underneath the rack that I put the cake on to catch any spilling over..I had a little last time).
8. Cool on rack for 10 minutes. Invert cake, remove pan. Allow cake to cool on rack.
9. Make glaze: Mix confectioner’s sugar, butter, vanilla and water until smooth. Drizzle on cooked cake (I usually do it is still a little warm).

Enjoy! Let me know what you think if you actually try to make this. It is delicious!!