Shenandoah Valley Apple Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 teaspoons sugar, for coating the tube or bundt pan
• 1 cup oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 cups chopped tart apples (rome, york or mcintosh)
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 grease pan and shake sugar in it until the sides and bottom are well coated.
• 3 combine oil and sugar until well blended.
• 4 add eggs, beating well after each addition.
• 5 mix in vanilla.
• 6 in a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• 7 slowly add flour mixture to the sugar mixture.
• 8 add the apples and nuts.
• 9 pour batter into pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
• 10 **note: you may notice that this batter will be quite thick.