Shirine Abdallah's Apple Cake Ingredients For the filling: 5 apples, diced 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup raisins 1 spoonful cinnamon powder 1 pinch nutmeg powder 1 tablespoon alcohol of your choice (cognac, rum, Grand Marnier) 1 squeezed orange, juiced For the dough: 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups white sugar 2 cups flour 1 cup corn oil 1 large pinch or teaspoon vanilla (powdered or liquid) 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon lemon zest Preparation: Macerate the filling in the orange juice for 2 to 3 hours. Mix dough and filling, then pour into a buttered and floured tin. Bake for 1 hour at 176 degrees Celsius or 350 degrees Fahrenheit.