So, I’m going to my dad’s for dinner…he loves Jewish Apple Cake. We have a family recipe for it…but I don’t have it…I did have it, but I have lost it. This is one of those times when I would call my mom and have her give it to me over the phone. But I can’t do that any longer and if I called my dad and asked him he wouldn’t even know where the recipe book was. Which also makes me think that I need to get my mom’s recipe book. Shouldn’t the daughter inherit the recipe book???? I think so. The recipe uses a tube pan instead of a bundt pan….I don’t have one of those….may have to get my mom’s! Somehow I don’t think my dad will ever use it!
Anyway, I was therefore forced to go on the internet and look up a recipe. The problem is I only have 3 apples and River is napping…so it will be a Jewish Apple cake with 3 apples…we’ll see how it turns out……
I have also discovered that the recipe calls for 1/4 of a cup of orange juice..I don’t have any..so I am substituting milk. Should be interesting.
The recipe is below (I only baked it for one hour):
Mom’s (okay….not my mom’s) Apple Cake
6 apples, Mom uses McIntosh apples
1 tablespoon cinnamon
5 tablespoons sugar
2 3/4 cups flour, sifted
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a tube pan. Peel, core and chop apples into chunks. Toss with cinnamon and sugar and set aside.
Stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, orange juice, sugar and vanilla. Mix wet ingredients into the dry ones, then add eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the bowl to ensure all ingredients are incorporated.
Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Spread half of apples over it. Pour the remaining batter over the apples and arrange the remaining apples on top. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until a tester comes out clean.
This recipe was borrowed from smitten kitchen.
Here are my photos. I’ll tell you on Monday has it tasted! I had to take a photo BEFORE I took it out of the bundt pan, because I always mess that part up!
