Jewish Apple Cake

Why I Love This Recipe
I received this recipe from a previous coworker of mine who used to be an assistant pastry chef. He had made it for an office party and it was just that delicious!
Ingredients You'll Need
1 cup Crisco
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
4 eggs
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 tsp. baking powder
3 tsp. cinnamon
6-8 large Macintosh apples
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a large tube pan.
Mix first 8 ingredients until smooth.
Peel apples and cut into 1/8" slices.
Mix cinnamon with 5-6 tbsp. sugar.
Pour 1/2 of batter into pan, top with 1/2 of apples, then 1/2 of sugar.
Repeat with remainder.
Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
Cool 1 hour.