Jewish/catholic apple cake

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       Title: Jewish/catholic Apple Cake
  Categories: Fruits, Cakes
       Yield: 8 Servings
  
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       4    Macintosh apples, peeled
            Cored and sliced or cubed
       2 ts Cinnamon
       5 tb Sugar
       3 c  Flour; sifted
       2 c  Sugar; separated
       1 c  Vegetable oil
       4    Eggs
     1/4 c  Orange juice
       3 ts Baking powder
   2 1/2 ts Vanilla
       1 ts Salt
       1 c  Chopped walnuts (optional)
  
   Preheat oven to 350^.  Combine cinnamon and 5 tablespoons sugar and
   sprinkle over apples; set aside. Combine and beat remaining ingredients
   (except walnuts) in large bowl until smooth. Stir in walnuts. Pour 1/2
   batter into a well greased 10-inch tube pan. Arrange 1/2 of apple mixture
   over it. Pour in the rest of batter and arrange the rest of the apples on
   top of the batter. Bake at 350^ for 1 1/2 hours. Allow cake to cool in an
   upright position.  May be frozen for future use.
   
   NOTE: if apples look small then use 5 instead of 4!
  
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