Shelly's Recipe

APPLE COFFEE CAKE II

Category: Coffee Cake

1/3 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons cinnamon
6 apples combination of: Rome, Cortland, Brae burn, Paula, peeled, cored & thinly sliced

Cake
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cups vegetable oil
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tsp vanilla
confectioners sugar for dusting

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 10-inch tube pan. In a bowl, toss sugar and cinnamon together. Add apples and toss again. Set aside.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs, oil, orange juice, and vanilla; beat at low speed for 1 minute. Put 1/3 of batter into pan. Add 1/2 the apple mixture. Continue this way, ending with batter. Bake cake for 65 to 70 minutes. Let cool before removing from pan. A long, thin knife or spatula may be needed to pull cake from sides of pan. Serves: 12 generously