dairy free apple cake

I've been missing in action for the past few days! Honestly, I have been feeling quite inspired creatively and have been spending all of my free time making things! Yet on Tuesday, I had to take a break from all of the creativity because Violet had a request... or rather a demand: cake. Literally, she woke up and started screaming "Cake! Cake! Cake!"

So, I found a lovely dairy free apple cake recipe. I did not take pictures, but that's okay! It was actually quite tasty! It did taste healthy, but healthy is good!

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Here's the yummy recipe! Violet loved it and was so sad by the end of the week when the cake was gone! I did make a few modifications, like using whole wheat flower and olive oil (I was out of vegetable oil). 

recipe from food.com

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 apples - peeled, cored and sliced
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 5 teaspoons white sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan. Combine the ground cinnamon and 5 teaspoons of the sugar together and set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder and 2 cups of the sugar. Stir in the vegetable oil, beaten eggs, orange juice and vanilla. Mix well.
3. Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan. Top with 1/2 of the sliced apples and sprinkle with 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture. Pour the remaining batter over the top and layer the remaining sliced apples and cinnamon sugar.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 70 to 90 minutes.