German Apple Coffee Cake

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Recipe from Recipes and Remembrances II, St. Joseph Catholic Church 

 

Ingredients for the cake:

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• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 2 cups sugar

• 1 cup vegetable oil

• 4 eggs

• 2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla

• 3 teaspoons baking powder

• Pinch of salt

• 1/2 cup orange juice

• 6 apples, peeled and sliced (the church ladies use Granny Smith)

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Method:

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Grease and flour a bundt pan.*

3. Beat all ingredients, except apples and topping ingredients.

4. Pour half of the batter into bundt pan. Add one layer of apples on top of batter, then cover with one-half of the topping mix. Pour remaining batter into the pan.

5. Sprinkle remaining apples into the batter around the pan.

6. Bake for approximately 60-70 minutes.

7. Cool on wire racks, then release cake onto a cake plate.

8. Sprinkle over the topping and serve.

 

Topping mix (combine)

 

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

 

*Kara's tip: Spray Bundt pan with a baking spray called Bake Easy! It can be found in the craft section next to cake supplies. Cakes are released with ease, no greasing or flouring required.

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