Old-Fashioned Apple Cake

This old-fashioned apple cake is made in an angel food cake pan. A hot glaze is poured over the warm cake and left to soak for an hour before serving.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 498 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup apple - peeled, cored, and chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.25 cup orange juice
• 0.5 cup buttermilk
• 1.25 cups vegetable oil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

Step 2

Make the cake: Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in oil, orange juice, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until well combined, then stir in apple, walnuts, and coconut. Pour into the prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 75 to 90 minutes. Remove from the oven and poke holes all over cake with a chopstick.

Step 4

Immediately make the glaze: Bring sugar, buttermilk, butter, and baking soda to a rolling boil.

Step 5

Pour hot glaze over cake and let stand for 1 hour. Carefully turn cake out onto a serving plate.