Ingredients

• 6 apples, cut into 1 inch pieces (about 7 cups)

• 5 tablespoons sugar

• 3 teaspoons cinnamon

• 4 eggs

• 2 cups sugar

• 3 cups all purpose flour minus 6 tablespoons flour (sifted then measured)

• 1 tablespoon baking powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup vegetable oil

• ¼ cup orange juice

• 2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps

1. Add the cut apples, cinnamon and 5 tablespoons of sugar in a large bowl and toss to combine

2. Crack 4 eggs in a mixer bowl

3. Beat the eggs at high speed for at least 2 minutes, until thick and pale yellow

4. Gradually add in 2 cups of sugar, beating until blended

5. If not already prepared, sift the flour and measure 3 cups of all purpose flour minus 6 tablespoons of flour

6. Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt

7. Separately, stir together the vegetable oil with the orange juice

8. Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg mixture alternating with the oil mixture, beating at low speed until all combined

9. Add the vanilla extract and mix until just blended

10. Thoroughly grease with butter and flour a 15 cup bundt pan

11. Pour half the cake batter into the prepared pan

12. Arrange half of the apple mixture on top of the batter

13. Pour the remaining half of the cake batter on top of the apples

14. Arrange the remaining half of the apple mixture on top of the second layer of batter

15. Bake the apple cake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until golden and set

16. Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes

17. Invert the bundt pan onto a flat dish to remove the cake from the pan

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