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Zen Jen's Apple Orange
Spice Cake
Zen
Jen, another groovy Sherwood Forest Siren, loves this fall recipe and
makes it for her daughter Mazi, who just adores running through huge
piles of leaves.
Cake:
4 large eggs
1¾ Cup sugar
3 Cups flour
1-tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
½ Cup fresh orange juice
½ Cup vegetable oil
1-teaspoon vanilla extract
3 Cups thinly sliced tart apples
2 teaspoons sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
Glaze:
¼ Cup sugar
2 tablespoons buttermilk
¼ teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven
to 375 degrees. Coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray and dust
with 1-tablespoon flour. Beat eggs and add sugar. In separate bowl combine
flour, baking powder, and next four ingredients and stir. Combine rind,
juice, oil, and vanilla. Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately
with juice mixture. Combine apples, 2 teaspoons sugar, and ¼ teaspoon
cinnamon. Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Arrange half of apple
mixture over batter, overlapping slightly. Repeat with remaining batter
and apples. Bake for 50-60 minutes. Cool on wire rack 20 minutes, then
remove from pan. For glaze, cook ingredients in small saucepan over
medium heat for 2 minutes or until foamy, stirring constantly. Drizzle
over warm cake. Cool completely.
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