Apple Spice Cake

Every Fall I make this cake.

 And every Fall it just kicks the season off! 

 Moist and crunchy on the outside, it is the perfect cake to celebrate the first day of Autumn, bring to a friend, or stick in a lunch box or two.

Apple Spice Cake

1 1/3 c. vegetable oil

3 c. all purpose flour

1 TBS. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. ground nutmeg

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 c. sugar

3 large eggs

3-4 Granny Smith apples cut into ½ inch pieces

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. maple extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12 cup bundt pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

Sift together all dry ingredients, set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer with paddle attachment, combine vegetable oil, sugar, and eggs. Mix until lemon yellow. Add vanilla and maple.

Gradually add dry ingredients until just incorporated. Add apples, mixing until incorporated.

Spoon batter into pan…it’s thick!

Bake for 75-90 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean.

Let sit for about 20 minutes, then remove from pan.

Dust with powdered sugar.

~Julia