Jewish Apple Cake

5 from 2 ratings

My grandmother’s recipe for moist, tender Jewish apple cake! It is a vanilla orange flavored cake with layers of cinnamon sugared apples throughout! An easy recipe mixed in one bowl with a whisk!

Prep Time20

Cook Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Kosher

Servings: slices

Author: Chef Lindsey

Ingredients

3 large apples or 4-5 medium apples
¼ cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup vegetable oil or another neutral oil such as canola or safflower
2 cups granulated sugar
½ cup orange juice

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F conventional (no fan).
Grease and flour a large tube pan. Make sure to tap out the extra flour.
Peel, core, and slice the apples to 1/8th-1/4 inch thick.
In a large bowl, toss the sliced apples with ¼ cup granulated sugar and ground cinnamon to coat, and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, vanilla extract, oil, sugar, and orange juice until smooth.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just to combine. Use a rubber or silicone spatula; do not over-mix.
Pour about half of the cake batter into the prepared tube pan.
Stir the apples one more time to coat in the cinnamon sugar mixture, and then layer about half the apples on top of the batter.
Add the remaining batter to the cinnamon-sugared apples. Spread it out with the back of a spoon or small offset spatula.
Add the remaining apples and any accumulated liquid on top of the cake.
Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 1-1 ½ hours or until a cake tester inserted into the cake comes out clean or with just a few clinging crumbs.
Cool completely on a wire rack before turning out the cake onto a cake stand or plate.

Notes

Yield – 1 tube pan

Presentation – Allow the cake to cool fully before turning it out from the pan.

Flavor Tips – Allow the apples to sit with the cinnamon and sugar mixture for 20 minutes to allow the apples to marinate in the flavors.

Storage –Store cooled cake well-wrapped at room temperature for 3-4 days, up to a week in the refrigerator or 2 months in the freezer.

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