German Apple Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 to 6 cooking apples
5 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
2 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
4 eggs
1 c. vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 c. orange juice
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 c. confectioners sugar
2 Tbsp. soft butter or margarine
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 to 2 Tbsp. water

Preparation

Grease and flour 10-inch tube or Bundt pan.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Peel apples; slice thin.
Toss apples with 5 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon.
Set aside.
Mix together flour, sugar, salt, eggs, oil, vanilla, orange juice, baking soda and baking powder.
With electric mixer, blend together on low speed for 1 minute.
Clean down sides of bowl and blend for 3 minutes on medium speed.
Dough will be thick.
Alternate layers of batter and apple slices.
Start and finish with batter using 3 layers of batter and two layers of apples.
Bake 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.
Cool on rack 10 minutes and then invert cake and remove pan.
Cool completely.
Make glaze with remaining ingredients.
Drizzle on cool cake.
Serve.