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Grandgirl's Fresh Apple Cake

Source of Recipe


Paula Deen, from "Paula's Home Cooking"






List of Ingredients



• -- Cake --
  
• Butter, for greasing pan
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• 3 eggs
  
• 1-1/2 cups vegetable oil
  
• 1/4 cup orange juice
  
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• 1/4 tsp salt
  
• 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
  
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  
• 3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples
  
• 1 cup shredded coconut
  
• 1 cup chopped pecans
  
• .
  
• -- Sauce --
  
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
  
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 325° F. Generously grease a tube pan.
   
   
2. For the cake:
   In a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract; mix well. Fold apples, coconut and pecans into batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 1-1/2 hours.
   
   
3. Shortly before the cake is done, make the sauce:
   Melt the butter in a large saucepan; stir in the sugar, buttermilk and baking soda, and bring to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven. Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.