Apple Bundt Cake

From: Summertime Cooking, Vol. 6

Ingredients:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
juice of 1/2 lemon
3 cups peeled, chopped apples
1 1/2 cups broken pecans

Mix flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together, set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until light and airy. Add in oil, vanilla and lemon juice. Gradually add flour mixture until well blended. Fold in apples and pecans.

Pour into greased bundt pan. Bake at 375 for 1 hour or until a cake tester comes out clean. Serve plain or with a glaze.

What I did differently from the recipe:
I used about a 1/4 cup of lemon juice because I didn't have a fresh lemon on hand. I also left out the pecans. It took about 3 small Gala apples to make 3 cups chopped. I also made a lemon glaze (found a recipe at the last second from here) and covered it in powdered sugar because I was scared it wouldn't have enough flavor. You can't go wrong with glaze and sugar.

What I'll do differently next time:
Nothing.

Verdict:
This was an okay cake. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it, but I've had apple cakes in the past that were much better. I'll probably not make this recipe again, but see if I have a different apple cake recipe that I like more than this one.

Printable version:

Ingredients:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
juice of 1/2 lemon
3 cups peeled, chopped apples
1 1/2 cups broken pecans

Mix flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together, set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until light and airy. Add in oil, vanilla and lemon juice. Gradually add flour mixture until well blended. Fold in apples and pecans.

Pour into greased bundt pan. Bake at 375 for 1 hour or until a cake tester comes out clean. Serve plain or with a glaze.