Apple Pound Cake

[Sweet Magnolia]

Cake

3 cups all purpose (plain) flour

2 cups sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup orange juice

4 eggs

3 teaspoons baking powder

Filling

1/2 cup sugar

3 tablespoons cinnamon

5 medium apples, peeled and chopped

Generously grease a Bundt pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all cake ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix with electric mixer until well blended and smooth. Pour half of batter into Bundt pan. Top with half of chopped apples. Stir together 1/2 cup sugar and 3 tablespoons cinnamon. Sprinkle 1/2 of this over the apples. Pour remaining batter over apples and top this with remaining apples and remaining cinnamon sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour to 1 hour, 10 minutes. Allow to cool in pan for ten minutes before turning out to cool completely. Dust generously with confectioner's sugar before serving.

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