• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease 2-piece angel food cake pan with shortening; dust with flour. Set aside.

• Step 2

  Peel and core apples. Slice 1 apple about 1/4-inch thick; set aside. Grate remaining apple using large holes of box grater into bowl; squeeze out extra moisture. Toss with orange juice and vanilla; set aside.

• Step 3

  Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in separate bowl; set aside.

• Step 4

  Combine sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in separate large bowl. Reserve 4 Tbsp cinnamon-sugar mixture; add remaining 1/4 tsp cinnamon to reserved mixture. Stir to combine; set aside.

• Step 5

  Add eggs to large bowl with cinnamon sugar mixture; beat with electric mixer on HIGH speed 1 min. Gradually add flour mixture and oil; beat on HIGH speed 1 min. Fold in shredded apple mixture.

• Step 6

  Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle evenly with 2 Tbsp of reserved cinnamon-sugar. Arrange apple slices in a circular pattern on top of batter. Sprinkle apples evenly with remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture.

• Step 7

  Bake about 90 min until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool 20 min before removing cake from pan, using spatula to loosen.

• Cake should be displayed with apple side up. • Store apple cake at room temp covered with foil. • This cake freezes well.

Note: When servings & ingredients are modified, nutrition & directions may vary.