Old-Fashioned Apple Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1.25 cups vegetable oil
• 0.25 cups orange juice
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup apple - peeled , cored, and chopped
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup flaked coconut

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

2. 2

   Make the cake: Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in oil, orange juice, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until well combined, then stir in apple, walnuts, and coconut. Pour into the prepared pan.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 75 to 90 minutes. Remove from the oven and poke holes all over cake with a chopstick.

4. 4

   Immediately make the glaze: Bring sugar, buttermilk, butter, and baking soda to a rolling boil.

5. 5

   Pour hot glaze over cake and let stand for 1 hour. Carefully turn cake out onto a serving plate.