Margot's Jewish Apple Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups sifted flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 orange, juice of
• 5 medium apples, peeled and sliced (medium to large size)
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 2

   Spray 9-inch tube pan with nonstick cooking spray.

3. 3

   Peel and slice apples. Mix together 2 t. cinnamon and 5 T. sugar; sprinkle over apples and let sit.

4. 4

   Mix together sifted flour, 2 cups sugar, oil, eggs, baking powder, vanilla, and the juice of 1 orange.

5. 5

   Pour half of batter in prepared tube pan, then add half the apples, remainder of batter, then remainder of apples.

6. 6

   Mix together 3/4 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, butter, and 1/2 t. cinnamon until crumbly. Sprinkle over top of cake.

7. 7

   Bake for approximately for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours.