Apple Cake With Cinnamon Sugar Topping

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil (canola is preferred)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (20 ounce) can sliced apples, drained and patted dry
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 to make the cinnamon sugar topping: in a small bowl, mix together the 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside.
• 2 to make the cake: in a small mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• 3 in a larger mixing bowl, beat together the oil, sugar, and eggs, using an electric mixer on medium speed; beat for about 3 minutes or until light and thick.
• 4 add the dry ingredients to the egg/sugar/oil mixture in three parts, alternating with the milk and vanilla, beating after each addition until smooth.
• 5 in another bowl, toss the apples with half the cinnamon-sugar topping; then stir half the apples into the batter.
• 6 pour the batter into a greased and lightly floured 10-inch tube pan.
• 7 drop the remaining apples on top of the batter and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar.
• 8 bake in a 325 degree oven for 60-70 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.
• 9 let the cake cool in the pan for 1 hour.
• 10 remove cake from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.