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Mom’s Apple Cake (Bundt Pan Version)

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A moist and flavorful apple bundt cake combining juicy apples with a spiced batter, featuring layers of chopped apples within and on top of the cake, yielding a beautifully textured dessert perfect for fall.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) orange juice
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup (130 grams) walnuts, chopped (optional)
  • Flour (amount unspecified in source, typically 2 1/2 cups for similar cakes)
  • Baking powder (amount unspecified, typically 2 teaspoons)
  • Salt (amount unspecified, typically 1/2 teaspoon)
  • Apples: peeled, cored, and chopped into 1-inch chunks (amount unspecified, typically about 3 medium apples)
  • Cinnamon (typically 1-2 teaspoons)
  • Sugar (5 tablespoons for tossing with apples)

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a bundt (tube) pan.
  2. Peel, core, and chop apples into 1-inch chunks; toss with cinnamon and 5 tablespoons of sugar and set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  4. In another bowl, whisk together the oil, orange juice, sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs.
  5. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, scraping down the bowl to incorporate fully.
  6. Pour half of the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
  7. Spread half of the apples and their juices over the batter in the pan.
  8. Pour the remaining batter over the apples.
  9. Arrange the remaining apples on top of the batter.
  10. Bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a tester comes out clean, watching for browning at the top.

Notes

1. Baking time may vary; start checking around 1 hour.
2. Walnuts are optional and can be omitted.
3. Variations include substituting sugar with honey and coconut sugar or orange juice with apple juice/cider.

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