Aunt Lou’s Fresh Apple Cake

Name: Aunt Lou's Fresh Apple Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 12 servings.
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 1 cup canola oil; 3 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 3 cups chopped peeled apples (about 3 medium); Confectioners' sugar

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling YIELD: 12 servings.

My Great-Aunt Lou made a luscious fresh apple cake recipe that became a family tradition. My mom makes it for our annual beach trip to the Outer Banks. —Cristy King, Scott Depot, West Virginia

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups chopped peeled apples (about 3 medium)
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan.
2. In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt and baking powder; gradually beat into oil mixture. Stir in apples. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Run a knife around sides and center tube of pan. Remove cake to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 445 calories, 20g fat (2g saturated fat), 47mg cholesterol, 249mg sodium, 62g carbohydrate (37g sugars, 2g fiber), 5g protein.

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