Saturday, December 8, 2007

Fresh Apple Cake

This is my mom's recipe and it is quite good. It is a heavy dense cake but very moist. You can put either cream cheese icing or the caramel icing (my favorite), below.

Ingredients:
Cake:
4 cups apples (winesap, rome or delicious are best) peeled and chopped
1 cup pecans, chopped
1 cup cooking oil
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 1/2 cups flour

Icing:
1/2 cup Pet Milk
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
Cake:
Mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Icing:
Put brown sugar into large saucepan and mix in Pet Milk. Bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes. Cool and add powdered sugar and vanilla, stirring well. Spread over cooled cake and sprinkle pecans over top of cake.

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