Mix flour, wheat germ, salt, and baking powder in a bowl and set aside.

Peel, core, and slice apples into eighths and place in another bowl. Sprinkle with lemon juice. In third bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Add vegetable oil and 1 3/4 cups sugar, beat well. Stir in vanilla. Alternately add dry ingredients and orange juice to egg mixture. Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Cover with half the sliced apples.

In small bowl, mix remaining 1/4 cup sugar with cinnamon and sprinkle half over apples. Cover with remaining batter.

Starting at the outside of the pan, neatly place remaining apple slices in overlapping concentric circles. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture.

Put aluminum foil on bottom of oven in case batter leaks. Bake cake on middle rack for 1 1/4 hours, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on rack before carefully removing cake from the pan.