Blue-ribbon Apple Cake

Ingredients

3 cups all purpose flour
2 1/4 cups sugar divided
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 egg
1 cup vegetable oil
3/8 cup orange juice
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 baking apples
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 confectioners sugar

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine flour,2 cups sugar,baking powder and salt. Combine eggs,oil,orange juice and vanilla:add to flour mixture and mix well. In a bowl, toss apples with cinnamon and remaining sugar. Spread a third of the batter into a greesed 10 in tube pan. Top with 1/2 apples. Repeat layers. Carefully spead remaining batter over apples. Bake at 350 for 5565 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack: cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar