Alice's Apple Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 2 cups grated unpared fresh apples
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• 3 sift flour, baking soda, and cinnamon onto waxed paper.
• 4 combine sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla, orange juice, and orange peel in a large bowl.
• 5 beat with electric mixer until well blended.
• 6 stir in flour mixture until well mixed.
• 7 fold in apples, walnuts, and coconut.
• 8 spoon into prepared pan.
• 9 bake in a slow oven for 1 1/2 hours or until top springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip.
• 10 cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes.
• 11 transfer cake from pan to a serving plate with a raised edge.
• 12 puncture top of cake all over with a wooden pick or skewer.
• 13 spoon hot buttermilk sauce over warm cake several times.
• 14 let stand for about an hour before serving.
• 15 pour extra sauce into a small pitcher and serve with cake.
• 16 buttermilk sauce-----------------.
• 17 combine sugar, butter, soda, and buttermilk in a medium saucepan.
• 18 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.
• 19 remove from heat and spoon over cake.