Fresh Apple Cake From Georgia

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• butter, for greasing the pan (i used pam for baking spray)
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 generously grease a tube pan (i don't have one, so i used a spring pan).
• 3 for the cake--.
• 4 in a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil, oj, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla, mix well.
• 5 fold the apples, coconut and pecans into the batter.
• 6 pour batter into the pan and bake about 1 1/2 hours until you have a clean tester (toothpick).
• 7 right before the cake is done make the sauce.
• 8 melt the butter in a sauce pan. stir in sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda; bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.
• 9 boil for a minute. take cake out and use a skewer or a knife and poke small holes all over the cake.
• 10 pour the sauce over the cake and let it sit for a hour until the sauce is absorbed into the cake.
• 11 it will look like a lot of sauce, but it does all soak in enjoy!