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New York Food Blogger Deb Perelman shares her recipe for Apple Cake

Apple Cake

This is a cake that will make you a good friend. It's perfect for housewarmings, new babies, colleagues and coffee. It looks humble but keeps well.

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Ingredients

Butter or non-stick spray, for the pan

6 apples (1.3 -1.5kg) cooking or eating apples work equally well

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

400g plus 5 tablespoons granulated sugar

345g plain flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon table salt

240ml vegetable oil

4 tablespoons orange juice

2.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 large eggs

130g walnuts, chopped (optional)

Icing sugar, to finish

Preparation Method

Preheat your oven to 180C/fan 160C/Gas 4. Butter a 25cm bundt tin, or coat it with non-stick spray. Peel, core and chop the apples into 1 – 2cm chunks. Toss them with all of the cinnamon and the 5 tablespoons of granulated sugar and set them aside.

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, orange juice, 400g of granulated sugar, vanilla and eggs. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ones, then scrape down the bowl to make sure all the ingredients are evenly incorporated. Stir in the walnuts, if you are using them.

Pour half of the batter into the prepared tin. Spread half the apple chunks over it. Pour the remaining batter over the apples in the tin and then arrange the remaining apples on top. Bake for 1.5 hours, or until a tester comes out clean, then transfer to a rack to cool. Cool completely before flipping cake out of the tin and onto a serving platter. Dust with icing sugar and serve.