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Chilly Day Apple Cake

in Diana's Recipe Book

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Servings: 8-10
 
Comments:
Serve this moist and delicious apple cake on a crisp autumn or winter's day when you just want to have a real "comfort food" on hand for your family or friends to enjoy. This cake tastes very much like apple pie but in cake form. A great recipe for those home baker's who love apple pie but who hate struggling with making pie crusts. Wonderful as a substitute for apple pie to serve for dessert on Thanksgiving or Christmas. Your guests will be very impressed. Also, a very delightful cake to serve at an afternoon tea. This will soon become one of your most requested cakes by family and friends. It's one of my very favorite cakes and the recipe is definitely a "keeper"....Diana

Ingredients:
4 medium size Golden Delicious apples (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
5 tablespoons PLUS 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
4 large eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting cake

Serving suggestion:
Serve each slice of cake with vanilla ice cream, non-dairy whipped topping or whipped cream.

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan.

Mix the apples, 5 tablespoons sugar and ground cinnamon in a large bowl. Combine 2 1/2 cups sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, orange juice, orange peel and vanilla extract in another large bowl; whisk to blend. Stir flour, baking powder and salt into egg mixture. Spoon 1 1/2 cups batter into prepared bundt pan. Top with half of apple mixture. Cover with 1 1/2 cups batter. Top with remaining apples, then with remaining batter.

Bake cake in preheated oven until top is golden brown and tester inserted near center comes out with moist crumbs attached, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Run knife around sides of pan and center tube to loosen. Turn cake out onto rack. Cool for 1 hour. Dust cake with confectioners' sugar. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, non-dairy whipped topping or whipped cream. Store any leftover cake covered at room temperature.

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

Photograph taken by Diana Baker Woodall© 2005

Date: December 31, 2004

Reviews

Reviewer: Donna Hardin
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I baked this cake for a ladies party of 15...they normally don't eat a lot at my events, but this cake was so outstanding I only had a few pieces left...they loved it and are begging for the recipe...I am thinking about making them wait awhile for the recipe...(just teasing!)

 
Reviewer: ED
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MADE THIS FOR SUNDAY DINNER ...EVERYONE LOVED IT AND WANT IT AGAIN

 
Reviewer: Mindy
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This is the best "apple cake" ever! As a recipe fanatic, this is my favorite site and as always, I had rave reviews from my co-workers who said "hmmmm goooood". Truly a Keeper!

 
Reviewer: cdiionno
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Wonderful and so simple to make. This one stays in my files.

 
Reviewer: hazel
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i made this cake on saturday and it was fantastic! i used half the ingredients for the recipe as i didn't want a large cake and it came out BEAUTIFUL! and a fab taste too.... i just should have put in more apples..ummmmmm!

 
Reviewer: Mary Moran
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Just delicious...perfect with a hot cup of tea or coffee...ahh!!

 
Reviewer: Madhavi
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It was easy to make and i love the mix of orange, cinnamon and orange flavour! Very moist and tasty.

 
Reviewer: Pam
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I used to make the kind of apple cake that is more dense and is baked in a loaf form. I like this cake much better than the other. Also, it tastes even better and more moist the next day.

 
Reviewer: Farrah
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Yeah, cake was really good, BUT it took ages to cook. Closer to 2 hours.

 
Reviewer: nandini
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yummm...and very easy to make

 
Reviewer: Mei Lin
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OMG!!!! This is truly the best apple cake EVER!!!!

 
Reviewer: Carrie
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I was looking for the apple cake my husband's grandmother used to make. Unfortunately, didn't come close, BUT he said this one without a doubt tops hers. Definitely a keeper! Thank you!

 
Reviewer: Gina Richards
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This cake is always absolutely fantastic. I get requests for it all the time, and I am always happy to make it because then I get some too!

 

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