Originally Posted by Moon Holiday

APPLE CAKE
(from the out of print Keepsake Quilting Cookbook published as charitable fundraiser in 2001.
This is delicious!!!

INGREDIENTS
4 Winesap or McIntosh apples
2/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cups sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 cup vegetable oil

2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs, beaten
3 cups flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:
Peel, core and slice apples and set aside.
Mix 2/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in small bowl... set aside.
Combine 2 cups sugar, orange, juice, oil, vanilla and eggs in mixing bowl, and stir until well mixed.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to egg mixture and mix well.
Pour 1/2 the batter into a greased tube or bunt pan.
Add a layer of 1/2 the apples, and sprinkle with 1/2 the cinnamon-sugar mix.
Repeat the layers.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until the cake tests down.
Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert the cake onto serving plate.
Yields 12 to 16 servings.