Fresh Apple Cake
Dan's Great Aunt Winnie makes this cake for us every year. She has given me permission to share this great recipe. It's worth the work! Dan really looks forward to it and I am pretty sure this is the ONLY recipe Dan eats with coconut - so if you're not a fan of coconut (Dan isn't), don't skip the recipe. Give it a try first.
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1½ c oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 c sugar
- 2 t vanilla
- 1½ t baking soda
- 3 c flour
- 1 t salt
- 1 c chopped nuts
- 1 c coconut
- 3 c chopped apples
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- Icing:
- 1 stick margarine
- 1 c brown sugar
- ¼ c milk
Instructions
- To make cake:
- Combine oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla, baking soda, flour, salt, nuts, coconut, and apples in a large bowl. Beat well.
- Pour into a large, greased tube pan.
- Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 30 minutes (check cake at 1 hour and 15 minutes - ovens vary)
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- Icing:
- Mix together margarine, sugar, and milk.
- Boil for 2½ minutes.
- Pour over cake while still warm. Leave cake in pan until cold. (Winnie leaves her cake in the pan overnight and uses a knife around the cake and tube in the morning.)
