Ruth Wall's German Apple Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 5 cooking apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 -2 tablespoon water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 prepare a large bundt or tube pan with a light coating of cooking spray.
• 3 mix together the apples, sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
• 4 add all of the ingredients for the batter to a large bowl and mix at medium speed for one minute. scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure all ingredients are being incorporated. mix for an additional 3 minutes.
• 5 pour one third of the batter into the baking pan. cover with a layer using 1/2 the seasoned apples. repeat with another 1/3 of batter and the remaining apples. finish with the final 1/3 of batter.
• 6 bake for 90 to 105 minutes. remove from oven.
• 7 cool for 10 minutes then invert a serving plate.
• 8 while the is cooling (10 minutes), combine all ingredients for the glaze. drizzle on top of the cake.