Fresh Apple Cake

By barbsjustagirl

Ingredients

• For Brown sugar icing:
• 5 baking apples, coed, peeled and sliced
• 2 t. cinnamon
• 2-1/2 c. plus 5 T. sugar, divided
• 3 c. all-purpose flour
• 1/2 t. salt
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 c. oil
• 2 t. vanilla extract
• 1/3 c. orange juice
• 1-1/2 t. baking powder
• 1-1/2 t. baking soda
• 1/2 c. shortening
• 1 c. brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 c. milk
• 2 c. powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Toss apples with cinnamon and 5 tablespoons sugar; set aside. Mix remaining ingredients together; blend well. Pour 1/3 of the batter into a greased and floured 10" tube pan; layer with half of the apples. Repeat layers and pour remaining batter on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center removes clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, invert tube pan and remove to cool completely. Frost with brown sugar icing.

For Icing:
Combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Ice cake.