This is Chris’s usual birthday cake. Don’t ask why the cake is religious. There is a theory that the recipe originates from someone Chris’s nana knew who happened to be Jewish. Humorously, Ida’s grandmother (who does happen to be Jewish) has a very similar cake recipe simply titled “Apple Cake”.
Ingredients
4 to 5 apples
2 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 ¾ cups and 3 Tbsp sugar (divided)
3 cups flour
1 cup cooking oil
½ cup orange juice
2 ½ tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 Tbsp baking powder
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°F, using convection bake mode.
Peel the apples and then slice at coin thickness on a mandoline such that the slices are no more wide than half the width of the apple (one trick for this is to cut the apple to the core from top-to-bottom on opposite sides, and then mandoline the apple across those cuts).
Toss the apples, cinnamon, and 3 Tbsp sugar together in a bowl and set aside.
Combine the rest of the ingredients and mix for 5 minutes.
Pour a layer of batter into a greased, floured tube type pan.
Add a layer of sliced apples.
Continue alternating batter and apples, ending with batter.
Bake at 350°F for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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