APPLE CAKE

2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. cooking oil
2 tbsp. vanilla
2 eggs, well beaten
1 tsp. salt
Juice of 1/2 lemon
3 c. flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
3 c. tart apples, peeled & chopped
1 1/2 c. nuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix sugar, oil, vanilla, eggs, salt, and lemon juice; beat well. Sift flour and soda and add gradually to first mixture. Add apples and nuts; blend. Bake in a greased and floured tube pan for 1 1/2 hours. When cool, drizzle with a glaze made with 1 cup powdered sugar and 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice.

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APPLE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

2 eggs
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
4 c. peeled apples, diced
1 c. walnuts, chopped

Beat eggs until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar, oil, and vanilla. Sift together next 5 ingredients and add to first mixture. Stir in apples and walnuts. Pour into a greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan, and bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Let cool in pan, then spread with frosting. --FROSTING:--

1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, at room
temperature
3 tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. confectioners sugar

Mix all ingredients together until they are smooth. Spread on cake.

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ISRAELI APPLE CAKE

4 eggs
2 c. granulated sugar
1 c. cooking oil
1/4 c. fresh orange juice
3 tsp. vanilla
3 c. all-purpose flour
3 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. walnuts, chopped
2 c. cooking apples, peeled and
thinly sliced
1 1/2 tsp. powdered cinnamon
3 tsp. granulated sugar
Powdered sugar for dusting

In a medium bowl, beat the eggs, 2 cups of sugar, oil, juice, and vanilla with an electric mixer on high speed for 10 minutes. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt, then blend it, a little at a time, into the egg mixture and then stir in the walnuts. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a bundt pan and pour in about a third of the batter. Layer the top with half of the apples; sprinkle the top with 1 teaspoon of the remaining sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon. Pour another third of the batter on top and cover with the remaining apples; sprinkle the top with the rest of the sugar and cinnamon. Cover with the remaining third of the batter. Bake until done (75 to 85 minutes). Remove from oven and immediately dust with powdered sugar. Makes about 16 servings. (Invert on serving plate before dusting with powdered sugar.)

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