Dessert

Melissa's Apple cake is for Dessert.

Melissa's Apple cake takes several minutes to prepare.

Melissa's Apple cake takes several minutes to cook.

Melissa's Apple cake makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Melissa's Apple cake are:

6 apples, Mom uses McIntosh apples
1 tablespoon cinnamon
5 tablespoons sugar
2 ? cups flour, sifted
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce
2 cups sugar
? cup orange juice
2 ? teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Here is how you make Melissa's Apple cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a tube pan. Peel, core and chop apples into chunks. Toss with cinnamon and sugar and set aside.2. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, orange juice, sugar and vanilla. Mix wet ingredients into the dry ones, then add eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the bowl to ensure all ingredients are incorporated.3. Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Spread half of apples over it. Pour the remaining batter over the apples and arrange the remaining apples on top. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until a tester comes out clean. Serving Size: 16Number of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MELANTHONY.

The nutritional information for Melissa's Apple cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 319.9

• Total Fat: 8.5 g
• Cholesterol: 46.8 mg
• Sodium: 257.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 58.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
• Protein: 3.9 g