Apple Pound Cake

APPLE POUND CAKE

3 cups flour 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup cooking oil 4 eggs, unbeaten 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder Juice of 1 orange 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 4 large tart apples 2 teaspoons cinnamon 5 tablespoons sugar

Mix together apples (peeled and sliced first!), cinnamon and 5 Tbsp sugar. Set aside. In large bowl, beat together 2 1/2 cups sugar, oil, eggs, orange juice and vanilla until smooth. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together; add a little at a time and mix well. Lightly grease and flour large bundt pan. Put half the batter in pan, then half the apples. Add remaining butter and then the rest of the apples on top. Bake at 350 degrees 1 hour 45 minutes.

Enjoy.

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 * World Recipes Y-Group