Essie's Apple Cake

By á-15670

Ingredients

• 3 cups of unsifted flour
• 2 1/2 cups of sugar
• 1 cup of oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1/2 cup of orange juice
• 2 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
• 3 tsp of baking powder
• 6 apples peeled and sliced thin
• 2 tsp of cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 orange rind grated
• 1 lemon rind grated
• 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
• 1 cup yellow raisins

Preparation

Step 1

Mix apples with cinnamon and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Mix the raisins and the nuts together and put aside. Beat eggs one at a time then add the 2 1/2 cups of sugar to the eggs. In a separate bowl mix all the dry ingredients and in another bowl all the liquid ingredients. Then mix a little at a time alternating the liquid and the eggs with sugar into the dry ingredients.

Grease a 10 inch tube or bunt pan. Make alternate layers of batter, apples, raisins and nuts.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours