Apple Coffee Cake

1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
6 apples, peeled, cored & thinly sliced

Cake:
3 cups flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cups vegetable oil
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon vanillaconfectioners sugar for dusting


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch tube pan.

In a bowl, toss sugar and cinnamon together. Add apples and toss again. Set aside.

In a bowl with an electric mixer, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs, oil, orange juice, and vanilla; beat at low speed for 1 minute. Put 1/3 of batter into pan. Add 1/2 the apple mixture. Continue this way, ending with batter.

Bake cake for 65 to 70 minutes. Let cool before removing from pan. A long, thin knife or spatula may be needed to pull cake from sides of pan.