Gravenstein Apple Cake

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups safflower oil (or other light vegetable oil)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 cups grated unpared gravenstein apples
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 generously spray a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray.
• 3 sift together flour, baking powder, and cinnamon and set aside.
• 4 combine 2 c sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla and orange juice in a large bowl and beat with electric mixer until well blended.
• 5 stir in the flour mixture until blended.
• 6 fold in grated apple, walnuts and coconut.
• 7 put into tube pan and bake 1 1/2 hours, or until top springs back when lightly pressed.
• 8 cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes.
• 9 combine 1 c sugar, butter 1/2 tsp baking soda and buttermilk in saucepan.
• 10 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture comes to boil.
• 11 remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• 12 sauce should still be warm, but not boiling.
• 13 remove cake onto serving plate with raised edge.
• 14 puncture top of cake all over with skewer.
• 15 spoon hot sauce over warm cake several times until cake absorbs most of it.
• 16 let stand at least an hour before serving.