Jewish Apple Cake with a Soft Crumb

Set out apples or 4-5 medium apples, sugar, and ground cinnamon before you start Jewish Apple Cake with a Soft Crumb. The batch is written for 12 slices.

Count on 20 minutes of prep and 1 hour of cooking.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

• 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

How the cooking goes

1. Heat the oven to 350°F conventional (no fan).
2. Oil and flour a large tube pan. Make sure to tap out the extra flour.
3. Peel, core, and slice the apples to 1/8th-1/4 inch thick.
4. In a mixing bowl, toss the sliced apples with ¼ cup granulated sugar and ground cinnamon to coat, and keep it to one side.
5. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
6. In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, vanilla extract, oil, sugar, and orange juice until the texture looks smooth.
7. Put the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just to combine. Use a rubber or silicone spatula; do not over-mix.
8. Tip about half of the cake batter into the prepared tube pan.
9. Stir the apples one more time to coat in the cinnamon sugar mixture, then then layer about half the apples on top of the batter.
10. Put the remaining batter to the cinnamon-sugared apples. Spread it out with the back of a spoon or small offset spatula.
11. Put the remaining apples and any accumulated liquid on top of the cake.
12. Oven-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.
13. Cool completely on a wire rack before turning out the cake onto a cake stand or plate.

After it comes off the heat

Let the pan settle before you slice, so the crumb stays together. Cover leftovers once they are cool.

If you want another plate from Apples, open Caramel Apple Cupcakes with a Tall Crown and Apple Tarte Tatin in a Pastry Shell.