Mom's Favorite Jewish Apple Cake

This Jewish apple cake recipe with sliced apples, orange juice, vanilla, and cinnamon is baked in a tube cake pan for a dense and flavorful favorite.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 485 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 5 tablespoons white sugar
• 5 medium apples - peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
• 0.5 cup orange juice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

Step 2

Combine 5 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add apple slices; toss to coat.

Step 3

Beat flour, 2 cups sugar, oil, eggs, orange juice, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl until smooth and thoroughly blended. Batter will be thick.

Step 4

Transfer ½ batter to the prepared pan; top with ½ apple slices. Add remaining ½ batter; neatly arrange remaining ½ apple slices on top.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 ¼ hours. Cool in the pan for 1 hour. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a cooling rack to cool completely.