Totoro Family Recipes: Fresh Apple Cake

According to the note on Mom's hand-written card, this recipe came from my great-aunt Helen. I'm not sure where she obtained it.

This cake is the ultimate flavor of fall. It is the essence of spice, apples, harvest, and cool weather.

I remember Mom would send me a care package each first semester I was in college. The only contents I remember was a full bundt cake - and I hoarded it! If I shared a slice with you... I considered you a very special friend.


Ingredients:

• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups chopped apples (honey crisps are excellent - but granny smiths work well)
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions:

1. Peel, core, and chop apples. Set aside.
2. Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix until creamy vegetable oil, sugar, and eggs.
4. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in small batches - beating well after each addition.
5. Finally add apples and nuts (note: batter will be STIFF)
6. Bake in a bundt pan at 350 degrees approximately 50-60 minutes.

Supposedly the cake freezes well... but I've never had the opportunity to test this theory.

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