Vermont Apple Cake

1 Preheat oven to 350ºF. Combine apples with 1/4 cup orange juice, set aside.

2 Combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, set aside.

3 Combine milk, remaining 1/4 cup orange Juice and vanilla, set aside.

4 Use an electric mixer to combine butter and sugar, beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

5 Stir 1/3 of flour mixture into the butter/sugar mixture, then add 1/2 of the milk mixture, repeat, and finish with remaining flour mixture.

6 Spoon half of the batter into prepared pan, top with half of the apples, then add remaining batter and top with remaining apples, sprinkle with brown sugar.

7 Bake for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out dry. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before tipping out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

8 Combine rum and confectioners’ sugar, then drizzle onto cooled cake.